More or Less Episodes Episode guide
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Testing the PISA test
Are the OECD PISA rankings really as definitive as people believe?
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Football Ranking Mysteries Explained
How has Switzerland attained a seed when the Netherlands, Italy and England have not?
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Could Statistics Cure Cancer?
Professor Terry Speed explains how statistics plays an important role in cancer research
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Sachin Tendulkar - the greatest, or just the 29th best test batsman of all time?
How do other measuring systems rate the Little Master?
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Does Politics Make us Get our Sums Wrong?
How researchers have measured the extent to which personal opinions cloud our judgement
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Have 100,000 Christians died as martyrs?
How true are claims that there is an unreported global war on Christians?
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How Long Can you Wait Until you Try to Have a Baby?
Why 300-year-old fertility statistics are still in use today
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Nobel Prize puzzle
How the economist who called markets efficient is sharing top award with his big critic.
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The Hawthorne Effect
The social study that showed that workers are more productive if they are given attention
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Have Mosquitoes Killed Half the World?
Have mosquitoes been responsible for the death of half the people who have ever lived?
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Is the World's Population Growing Out of Control?
Is Sir David Attenborough right about global population projections?
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Rush: Formula 1 Risk
How dangerous was motor-racing in the 1970s? Plus: environmental facts about plastic bags
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Sexual Violence and Statistics in Asia
A report suggests almost a quarter of men in some Asian countries admit rape. Is it true?
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The Death Toll in Syria
How accurate are the reported death estimates in the Syrian conflict?
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Counting Climate Migrants
Is it true that environmental problems will create 200 million migrants?
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Is Coffee Bad for You?
How dangerous is your daily caffeine fix?
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The Magic of Maths
How a love of magic led to a love of maths for Stanford professor Persi Diaconis
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Where could we fit the entire world’s population?
Where could we fit the entire world’s population and the effectiveness of soccer managers?
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What is the Most Visited Country in the World?
Which countries top the most visited country list and how much do tourists spend there?
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Analysing Chris Froome's Tour de France victory
What do the numbers tell us about Chris Froome's Tour de France performance?
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Egypt: Biggest Protest in History?
Was the Egyptian uprising which ousted President Mohamed Morsi the biggest ever seen?
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Does a Child Die From Hunger Every 15 Seconds?
It is a popular statistic used by celebrities and charity campaigners but is it true?
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Does sex really make the world wide web go round?
Is the internet really 37% porn and does American football have a crime problem?
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How Long Will You Live?
Why life expectancy around the world has increased by six years in the past two decades
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Will 40 per cent of the world's workforce really be in Africa by 2050?
How do we calculate future population projections in Africa?
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Does a Child Die From Hunger Every 15 Seconds?
It is a popular statistic used by celebrities and charity campaigners but is it true?
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Sex on the Brain?
It is often said that men think about sex every seven seconds, but is it true?
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The Maths of Spies and Terrorists
How feasible is it for the authorities to keep track of everyone on their watch list?
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Ryanair punctuality; mistakes in academic papers
Ryanair claims that more than 90% of its flights land on time but do the numbers prove it?
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Cancer Risk and Romanian crime
Assesing the probabilities of cancer and is the UK suffering a Romanian crime wave?