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 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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A grand economic experiment? (WS)
Fri 4 May 2012
Are we witnessing a grand economic experiment being played out between Europe, trying...
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The formula that changed the world
Fri 27 Apr 2012
Rain and drought in numbers, the formula which changed Wall Street and then the world...
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The formula that changed the world
Fri 27 Apr 2012
The Midas Formula - In this week's More or Less: The story of Black-Scholes, the that...
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20 Apr 12
Fri 20 Apr 2012
Is the rate of species extinction exaggerated - or even unknowable? Producer: Richard...
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20 Apr 12
Fri 20 Apr 2012
We investigate the height of North Koreans, the width of police officers and rate of...
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Eurostats - True or False?
Fri 13 Apr 2012
Are there really more Porsche Cayenne owners in Greece than taxpayers earning over Can...
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Stamp prices and the first maths book
Fri 6 Apr 2012
The Royal Mail says UK stamp prices are still among the best value in Europe, despite...
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Do big football clubs win more penalties?
Fri 30 Mar 2012
Do Manchester United and other leading clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona benefit in...
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What is the world average salary?
Fri 23 Mar 2012
If there were perfect income equality worldwide, and everybody earned the same amount...
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Red meat death risk?
Fri 16 Mar 2012
Eating an extra portion of red meat every day is associated with an increased risk of...
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Is Apple worth more than Poland?
Fri 9 Mar 2012
Tim Harford explains why the technology giant Apple is not bigger than Poland, as have...
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Less than a dollar a day
Fri 2 Mar 2012
Tim Harford assesses how global poverty is measured, as the World Bank releases the on...
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Syria poll and Europeβs work hours
Fri 24 Feb 2012
Fifty-five per cent of Syrians do not think their leader President Assad should to of...
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Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
Fri 17 Feb 2012
Can you measure your popularity β or that of anyone or anything β by the number of...
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Measuring famine
Fri 10 Feb 2012
How do you measure a famine? Following the UNβs recent announcement that famine have...
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More alive than dead?
Fri 3 Feb 2012
Tim Harford investigates one of the most popular questions from More or Less βAre It...
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Sizing up cities
Fri 27 Jan 2012
Which are the worldβs biggest cities, and what are their populations? Two simple we...
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Climate bet; Africa Cup of Nations
Fri 20 Jan 2012
A four-year bet about global warming between two scientists is settled.
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Chavez's cancer claims
Sat 14 Jan 2012
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela thinks the US may have developed a secret to give...
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High speed rail
Fri 13 Jan 2012
High Speed rail - Tim Harford speaks to railway consultant Chris Stokes and Alison HS2...
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Using statistics in court
Fri 6 Jan 2012
Tim Harford tackles the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares,...
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2011 in numbers
Fri 30 Dec 2011
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
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Who are the 1% and the 99%?
Fri 23 Dec 2011
Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir...
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Higgs boson statistics
Fri 16 Dec 2011
In the week scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced that the most coveted in...
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Pensions, and the Eurozone crisis.
Fri 2 Dec 2011
In the week of a nationwide strike over pension changes, Tim Harford explains how the...
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Brain Culture Part 3
Tue 29 Nov 2011
In a change to our usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture"...
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Brain Culture Part 2
Tue 22 Nov 2011
In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture"...
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Brain Culture Part 1
Tue 15 Nov 2011
In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylorβs series βBrain...
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Government waste
Fri 9 Sep 2011
In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying,...
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A Euro Debt Odyssey
Fri 2 Sep 2011
In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of...
