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Kevin McConway (born 12 October 1950) is emeritus professor of applied statistics at the Open University, [1] [2] 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 [3] and has written about that experience. [4] He is currently a trustee and advisory board member of the Science Media Centre and has written about experience communicating statistics with the media, [5] [6] and this is developed as general guidance, and to statisticians specifically - "remember to sound human". [7]
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. [8]
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Kevin McConway (born 12 October 1950) is emeritus professor of applied statistics at the Open University, [1] [2] 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 [3] and has written about that experience. [4] He is currently a trustee and advisory board member of the Science Media Centre and has written about experience communicating statistics with the media, [5] [6] and this is developed as general guidance, and to statisticians specifically - "remember to sound human". [7]
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. [8]