More or Less: Behind the Stats Podcast
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
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Egypt: Biggest protest in history?
Sat 13 Jul 2013
It’s claimed that Egyptians have taken part in the biggest uprising the world has...
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Sex and the world wide web
Sat 6 Jul 2013
The world of porn is often exaggerated but does it really make up 37% of the web? And...
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How long will you live?
Sat 29 Jun 2013
Life expectancy at birth around the world has increased by six years in the past two...
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Will 40% of the world's workforce really be in Africa by 2050?
Sat 22 Jun 2013
Ruth Alexander examines US Secretary of State, John Kerry’s claim that 40% of the be...
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Is a child dying of hunger every 15 seconds?
Sat 15 Jun 2013
Ruth Alexander examines the claim that every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger.
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Sex on the Brain?
Mon 10 Jun 2013
Parents take note – what can numbers reveal about bringing up children? Plus, Tim if...
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A&E, and the chances of having twins
Fri 7 Jun 2013
A&E waiting times have been making the headlines - Tim Harford takes a look at some of...
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The maths of spies and terrorists
Sat 1 Jun 2013
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the killing of a British soldier on the...
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The maths of spies and terrorists
Fri 31 May 2013
After the killing of a British soldier on the streets of Woolwich in London, it that...
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Ryanair punctuality; mistakes in academic papers
Sun 26 May 2013
Tim Harford examines Ryanair’s claim that more than 90% of its flights land on time;...
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The economics of Scottish independence
Fri 24 May 2013
Tim Harford inspects the claims the UK Treasury and the Scottish government make about...
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Angelina Jolie’s 87% cancer risk
Sat 18 May 2013
As Angelina Jolie announces that an 87% cancer risk has prompted her to have a double...
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Angelina Jolie’s 87% cancer risk
Fri 17 May 2013
As Angelina Jolie announces that an 87% cancer risk has prompted her to have a double...
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How old is your dog?
Sat 11 May 2013
It's often said that one dog year equals seven human years. But is it true? Tim and or...
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How much does the EU cost the UK? Plus, dog years
Fri 10 May 2013
Tim Harford makes sense of the numbers being used in the political battle about the UK...
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The Maths of Mozart and Birds
Sat 4 May 2013
Birds + windows =? The BBC Quiz show The Unbelievable Truth reckons that more than 2...
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Birds, Mozart, austerity, Thatcher
Fri 3 May 2013
Birds + windows =? The BBC Quiz show The Unbelievable Truth reckons that more than 2...
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Are Man Utd a one-man team?
Sun 28 Apr 2013
More or Less creates the Alternative Premier League, with lead scorer goals chalked to...
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Austerity: a spreadsheet error?
Sun 21 Apr 2013
Tim Harford tells the story of the student who uncovered a mistake in a famous paper...
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Thatcher in numbers
Sat 13 Apr 2013
Baroness Margaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, was Britain’s first female prime...
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Communicating Risk
Sat 6 Apr 2013
It’s the fourth anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city of in Italy...
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That's not much gold
Sat 30 Mar 2013
What if a super-villain took control of the world's gold a melted it in to a cube? How...
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Can big data save lives?
Sat 23 Mar 2013
With an avalanche of 2. 5 quintillion bytes of data generated daily, could this be used...
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Are there more black men in college or prison in the US?
Sat 16 Mar 2013
Only last week Ivory Toldson heard the speaker say there are more black men in prison...
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HIV in numbers
Sat 9 Mar 2013
With the news that a baby has been ‘cured’ of HIV what do the numbers tell us the...
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Is the Kenyan election already decided?
Sat 2 Mar 2013
Kenya votes for its next President on 4th March. The opinion polls show that it is the...
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Counting Catholics
Sat 23 Feb 2013
This week Tim Harford asks how the figure of 1. 2 billion Catholics world-wide is...
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How many people support Manchester United?
Sat 16 Feb 2013
This week Ruth Alexander looks at Manchester United versus Real Madrid in the last 16...
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The end of the Penny
Sat 9 Feb 2013
Canada has stopped distributing its smallest coin –the one cent or the penny.
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A case of statistical significance in Greece
Sat 2 Feb 2013
This week Ruth Alexander looks at the extraordinary case of Andreas Georgiou the head...
