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 麻豆约拍 Radio 4
Episodes to download
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Factchecking America
Fri 21 Sep 2012
US Presidential Election factchecked. Is Mitt Romney right to say that 47% of pay no...
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Investigating crime statistics
Fri 14 Sep 2012
Ruth Alexander investigates Sweden's high rape rate, and finds out which countries are...
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Where are the Paralympics Medals?
Sat 8 Sep 2012
Why did the USA top the gold medals league in the Olympics, but not the Paralympics?...
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How to explain infinity to a 4-year-old
Sat 1 Sep 2012
鈥榃hat鈥檚 the number before infinity?鈥� asks Claudia, aged 4. We challenge Johnny...
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Are African leaders more likely to die in office?
Fri 24 Aug 2012
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia is the fourth African premier to die this year alone.
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Levelling the statistical playing field
Mon 20 Aug 2012
Given that some countries are richer than others, and some have larger populations, us...
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The great playing field sell off?
Fri 17 Aug 2012
Given that some countries are richer than others, and some have larger populations, us...
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How to lose money - fast!
Mon 13 Aug 2012
Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter...
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How to lose money - fast!
Fri 10 Aug 2012
Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest chapter...
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How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen? WS
Fri 3 Aug 2012
There was controversy this week after Ye Shiwen, a young Chinese swimmer, won the 400...
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How extraordinary is Ye Shiwen?
Fri 3 Aug 2012
There was controversy this week after Ye Shiwen, a young Chinese swimmer, won the 400...
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Gun laws and gold medals (WS)
Sat 28 Jul 2012
Last week's mass-shooting at a cinema in Colorado has - not surprisingly - intensified...
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Gun laws and gold medals
Fri 27 Jul 2012
Last week's mass-shooting at a cinema in Colorado has - not suprisingly - intensified...
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Has clamping down on drugs made the Tour de France slower? (WS)
Fri 20 Jul 2012
The Tour de France, we are told, has finally cleaned up its act and clamped down on of...
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Has clamping down on drugs made the Tour de France slower?
Fri 20 Jul 2012
The Tour de France, we are told, has finally cleaned up its act and clamped down on of...
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More or Less: Who are the Libor losers? (WS)
Fri 13 Jul 2012
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? After all, a...
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Who are the Libor losers?
Fri 13 Jul 2012
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? And we the a...
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Drinks and drugs capital of the world? (WS)
Fri 6 Jul 2012
Do residents of the tiny micronesian island of Palau really smoke more cannabis, and...
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Hit movies and killer birthdays (WS)
Fri 29 Jun 2012
What is the highest-earning film ever if you adjust for inflation? And are birthdays...
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(WS) Weight of the world
Sat 23 Jun 2012
How fat could the global population become? Plus, Angela Saini considers whether could...
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(WS) Chance encounters
Fri 15 Jun 2012
Is the likelihood of bumping into your boss on holiday greater than you think? Angela...
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Interview with Daniel Kahneman
Fri 8 Jun 2012
Tim Harford interviews Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in...
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Counting images of The Queen. (WS)
Fri 1 Jun 2012
How many images of Queen Elizabeth II have ever been created? And is Facebook really...
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Would firing staff 'at will' work? (R4)
Fri 25 May 2012
Is there any evidence to support the Beecroft Review's recommended changes to law? and...
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The maths of infidelity (WS)
Fri 25 May 2012
It鈥檚 a very commonly-held belief that men are less faithful than women But it takes...
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Where are the world hardest workers? (WS)
Fri 18 May 2012
Earlier in the year we found out that Greeks put in more working hours than Germans.
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Troubled families and unneutered cats. (R4)
Fri 18 May 2012
Troubled families, nursing numbers and the mathematical consequences of unneutered cats.
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Trouble on the Greek railways (WS)
Fri 11 May 2012
Would it be cheaper to send every Greek rail passenger by taxi instead? This programme...
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Austerity, border queues and bank holidays (R4)
Fri 4 May 2012
Are we witnessing a grand economic experiment playing out between Britain and the How...
