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04/06/2010
Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
Which would win in a fight - a shark or a toaster? Tim Harford finds out in this week's More or Less. The team also investigate whether Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (or HSMRs) - expected deaths to observed deaths - can be unhelpful, ask who stands to lose from the scrapping of Child Trust Funds and remember the great mathematician, Martin Gardner.
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Sun 6 Jun 2010
20:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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- Fri 4 Jun 2010 13:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 FM
- Sun 6 Jun 2010 20:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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