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Kevin McConway (born 12 October 1950) is emeritus professor of applied statistics at the Open University, where he spent most of his career. He was the first Vice President (Academic Affairs) of the Royal Statistical Society, from 2012-2016.

After growing up in Northumberland, McConway studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge before taking a PhD at UCL, under the supervision of Philip Dawid.

He was academic adviser to the BBC Radio Four programme More or Less and has written about that experience. He is currently a trustee and advisory board member of the Science Media Centre and has written about experience communicating statistics with the media, and this is developed as general guidance, and to statisticians specifically - "remember to sound human".

During the COVID-19 pandemic, from November 2020 he was one of two Royal Statistical Society Fellows nominated to an advisory group to support the UK government prepare visualisations for broadcast press conferences.

References

  1. "Is red meat back on the menu? - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. "Professor Kevin McConway | The Open University". Open.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. "Kevin McConway | Compassion in World Farming". Ciwf.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  4. McConway,KJ (2020). "BBC's More or Less and Covid-19" (PDF). Radical Statistics. 126: 20–26.
  5. McConway,KJ (2016). "Statistics and the Media: a statistician's view". Journalism. 17 (1): 49–65. doi:10.1177/1464884915593243. S2CID 141844133.
  6. McConway, KJ; Spiegelhalter, DJ (2012). "Score and ignore: A radio listener's guide to ignoring health stories". Significance. 9 (5): 45–48. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00611.x.
  7. McConway,KJ; Spiegelhalter,DJ (2021). "Sound human, steer clear of jargon, and be prepared". Significance. 18 (2): 32–34. doi:10.1111/1740-9713.01508. PMC 8250941. PMID 34230827.
  8. "INQ000092893 - Witness statement of Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, dated 24/01/2023 and provided on behalf of the Cabinet Office (Corporate statement). UK Covid-19 Inquiry Archives".

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