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When Can You Trust Statistics?

It’s easy to be sceptical of statistics. But they can show us things about the world we can’t perceive in another way. Tim Harford shares three easy rules to help you figure out what's true - and what’s not.

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Animator Peter Caires
Academic Consultant Dr Karen Vines

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