Notes for Reviewers

As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.

understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.

Submitted by david on Tue, 27/11/2007 - 5:05pm

This site is in an early stage of development, and we would welcome your comments on any aspect of the content and presentation. A few points you may wish to keep in mind:

The appearance of the site is provisional: we shall be engaging a designer for the eventual 'look and feel'
We have a limited amount of content, and it is currently all accessible from the Featured Content menu to the right
We have future plans for the site, and we would like eventually to cover a wide range of Issues, Quantitative Concepts, and Qualitative Concepts.
You will see that the 'stories' are structured at multiple 'levels' corresponding to mathematical difficulty:
1. No maths, just pictures and text for general readership
2. Basic arithmetic, at around GCSE level.
3. Some algebra, probability distributions, basic statistical concepts at around A level.
4. Full mathematical exposition, at university level.
We are unsure of what to call these 'levels' and how to clearly indicate the technicality of the content
Note our provisional logo
Our provisional name, Understanding Uncertainty, is shared by an excellent recent book by Dennis Lindley
Please email us with comments using the Contact us page
To view the animations you will need to have Flash Player 8 or 9 installed in your browser