Alan Smith: Why you should love statistics
Alan Smit (Alan Smith): Zašto bi trebalo da volite statistiku
Alan Smith uses interactive graphics and statistics to breathe new life into how data is presented. Full bio
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je sprovela istraživanje.
nivo numeričke pismenosti
levels of numeracy
odraslih osoba u zemlji,
adults in the country,
numeričke pismenosti.
to su niži rezultati
that's low-end GCSE score.
o srednjoškolskom obrazovanju.
percentages and decimals.
procentima i decimalama.
mnogo uznemirenosti u vladi.
a lot of hand-wringing in Whitehall.
the survey again in 2011.
ponovo sproveli istraživanje.
šta se dogodilo sa ovim brojem?
what happened to this number?
o ovoj cifri u Fajnenšel tajmsu,
this figure in the FT,
to 51 percent of the population."
samo za 51 odsto populacije.“
reakcija jednog školarca
the reaction of a schoolchild
ovu informaciju u jednoj školi,
at a school this information,
koja je smislila taj broj
who made that number
sa numeričkom pismenošću,
important skills for life,
da uvedemo u ovom veku
that we want to introduce in this century
sigurniji sa brojevima.
more comfortable with numbers.
i razvoj je objavila izvesne brojke
looking at numeracy in young people,
ima nizak nivo numeričke pismenosti.
in the US have low numeracy.
sa brojkama iznad 20 odsto.
with figures above 20 percent.
because it doesn't have to be that way.
skroz na kraju ovog grafikona,
imaju jednocifrene brojeve.
are in single figures.
problem numeričke pismenosti
problem that we want to address.
inadvertently into one of two categories;
smestimo ljude u jednu od dve kategorije,
with numbers, that can do numbers,
koji umeju sa brojevima,
to talk about here today
that is a false dichotomy.
užasno visok nivo numeričke pismenosti
tremendously high levels of numeracy
za putovanje pred nama.
to the journey ahead.
we can begin that journey, for me,
započeti to putovanje, za mene,
that statistics has got somewhat
da statistika donekle ima
don't particularly like,
potpuno svodi na preciznost i sigurnost,
is all about precision and certainty,
to the world of statistics myself.
u svet statistike.
sa osnovnih studija
to excel in after university,
da se istaknem u njima nakon univerziteta,
i kompjutersko programiranje,
and computer programming,
neke statističke grafike
some statistical graphics
was actually an interesting thing?
da je statistika zapravo nešto zanimljivo?
zapravo odnosi na nas.
statistics are about us.
of the word statistics,
that we live in.
na nas kao grupu,
na koji se kao pojedinci odnosimo
we as individuals relate to our groups,
prema nama jednakima.
are at their most powerful
surveys carried out recently
je nedavno sprovela
poslednjih nekoliko godina.
na preko 1 000 odraslih u Britaniji
1,000 adults in the UK,
in England and Wales,
u Engleskoj i Velsu,
of the total population, was 24.
celu populaciju, bio je 24.
od svakih 100 u zemlji muslimani.
people in the country are Muslim.
that figure to be about five.
da je ta cifra oko pet.
između onoga što mislimo, naše percepcije,
between what we think, our perception,
takvu pogrešnu percepciju?
that misperception?
u prezentacijama, pozivao sam se na nju.
in presentations. I was referring to it.
„Sv. Pavle“ u Hamersmitu
in Hammersmith,
od devojčica viših razreda.
of sixth-form girls.
britanska javnost smatra
the British public think
out of every 100 teenage girls
da 15 od svakih 100 tinejdžerki
da se približim za 200 tački
closer to 200 dots
zvanični brojevi.
the official figures tell us.
ovo nije samo engleski problem.
this is not just an English problem.
širom sveta poslednjih godina.
in recent years to go across the world.
u vašoj zemlji,
prekomerne težine ili gojazno?“
bio je nešto više od četvrtine.
was just over a quarter.
je prekomerne težine ili gojazno.
are overweight or obese.
it's nearer to three-quarters.
da je taj broj bliži tri četvrtine.
they asked the Japanese,
postavili su pitanje Japancima:
just over halfway.
nešto više od polovine.
živi u ruralnim područjima.
Japanese people lived in rural areas.
i iznenađujuća za neke,
and surprising to some,
koji su pročitali delo
who have read the work
ekonomiste i dobitnika Nobelove nagrade.
the Nobel-winning economist.
proveli su godine istražujući razdor
spent years researching this disjoint
and the reality,
prilično loši intuitivni statističari.
pretty poor intuitive statisticians.
mogu uticati na našu percepciju,
can influence our perceptions,
o stvarima koje su izuzeci,
reporting things by exception,
da govori o tome.
of referring to that.
za očigledno“ -
to the obvious" --
za naše slepilo u vezi sa time.“
to our blindness about it."
za donošenje odluka.
repercussions for decision making.
dok se sve ovo dešavalo,
while this was all going on,
ovde predstavlja problem.
na to koliko dobro poznajete svoju zemlju.
how well do you know your country?
poznajete 64 miliona ljudi.
do you know 64 million people?
Ne umem ja to.
I can't do that.
o istoj ovakvoj vrsti pristupa,
this same sort of approach
u vrlo lokalnom smislu.
in a very local sense.
svoje lokalno područje,
based on census data
na osnovu popisnih podataka
in designing this.
to the widest possible range of people,
za najširi mogući opseg ljudi,
koji mogu da pogode projeve.
who can get the numbers.
for representing numbers
but they sit in the background.
of representing quantity
predstavljanja količine
kao što su „procenat“,
like "percentage,"
tu na levoj strani
on the left-hand side there,
o kojoj vam postavljamo pitanja
we're asking you questions about
između nule i stotine,
between zero and a hundred,
ukupan rezultat između nule i stotine.
between zero and a hundred.
a quick look at the quiz
koliko njih je uzrasta ispod 16 godina?“
how many are aged under 16?
at all, so I had a guess at this,
pa sam morao da pogađam,
o tome kako ovaj kviz funkcioniše.
of how this quiz works.
to highlight your icons,
da biste označili svoje ikonice,
da biste odgovorili,
between your answer and reality.
između vašeg odgovora i stvarnosti.
terrible guess: five.
prilično lošu pretpostavku: pet.
what the average age is,
populacije mlađa,
the population are younger
to mi zvuči sredovečno.
middle-aged to me.
to su neverovatno mlade godine,
it's incredibly young,
of the university in this area.
univerziteta u ovoj oblasti.
dok prolazite kroz njih.
as you go through.
about homeownership:
are owned with a mortgage or loan?
uz hipoteku ili kredit?
da omašim odgovor za više od 50.
more than 50 out on the answer.
these questions,
kada ste u nekoj zajednici,
when you're in a community,
da li je stanovništvo mlado ili staro.
to whether a population is old or young.
the area, you can see it.
je mnogo teže videti,
is much more difficult to see,
we think own their own homes.
da poseduje svoje domove.
when we published this quiz,
bili su već stari nekoliko godina.
was already a few years old.
koja omogućava da unesete poštanski broj
that allow you to put in a post code
i ne nužno novo.
and not necessarily new.
kakvu reakciju bismo mogli dobiti
what reaction we might get
na način na koji smo to postigli,
in the way that we have,
imaju sopstvena predubeđenja.
that people have their own preconceptions.
to bring down a statistics website
da srušim statistički veb-sajt
"statistics," "gov" and "UK,"
„statistika“, „gov“ i „uk“,
u jednoj veb-adresi.
favorite words in a URL.
was that the website came down
engaging with this data
ovim podacima dobrovoljno,
a quarter of a million people
od 48 sati od njegovog pokretanja.
of 48 hours of launching it.
na internetu, na društvenim medijima,
online, on social media,
sa svojim zabludama,
with their misconceptions,
čemu sam se mogao nadati,
I couldn't have hoped for any better,
počeli da ga šalju političarima.
sending it to politicians.
koju tvrdite da zastupate?
you claim to represent?
really interesting to see
prošli na ovom kvizu.
would do on this quiz.
Engleske i Velsa, Džona Pulindžera,
of England and Wales, John Pullinger,
after a glass of wine -- 36.
posle čaše vina - 36.
can inspire us all.
da brojevi mogu inspirisati sve nas.
be fascinated by numbers.
fascinirani brojevima.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alan Smith - Data visualisation editorAlan Smith uses interactive graphics and statistics to breathe new life into how data is presented.
Why you should listen
Alan Smith is Data Visualisation Editor at the Financial Times in London. Previously he was Head of Digital Content at the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS).
With a background in cartography and digital mapping, he has spent the last decade finding ways of bringing statistics to wider audiences. In 2010, he was an inaugural recipient of the Royal Statistical Society's Award for Excellence in Official Statistics. He was appointed Office of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's 2011 Birthday Honours list.
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