The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates

Chris Oates is a professor of statistics at Newcastle University - he got there despite being somewhat indecisive about his career. This episode was made possible by the Leverhulme Trust, a UK-based organisation which funds ambitious blue skies research across various disciplines - Professor Oates was the recipient of prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize - See a video with Professor Oates on Numberphile describing the Stein Paradox - Chris Oates webpage - Numberphile is supported by Jane Street - Thanks also to Ben Delo. You can support Numberphile on Patreon - Here are our Patrons -

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The Indecisive Statistics Professor - with Chris Oates is an episode from The Numberphile Podcast by Brady Haran.

This episode is 00:47:56 long.

This episode was published on Jul 15, 2025.

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