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 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
Episodes to download
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How good were the performances at the Tokyo Olympics?
Mon 16 Aug 2021
What can the data tell us about the quality of the Covid hit games?
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Jab fears explained: a base rate fallacy
Sat 7 Aug 2021
Why increasing Covid infections amongst the vaccinated isn鈥檛 necessarily bad news
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Breaking Climate Records
Sat 31 Jul 2021
The odds and probability behind record-breaking temperatures
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The Rise of Delta
Sat 24 Jul 2021
Where鈥檚 this new Variant spreading and what can be done to stop it?
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The Freedom Day Gamble
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Tim Harford and the team try to work out how long Covid cases will continue to rise.
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Are there 40 million Nigerians on Twitter?
Sat 10 Jul 2021
Recent reports have claimed that Nigeria has 40 million Twitter users 鈥� but is this true?
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Is Ivermectin a Covid 鈥榳onder drug鈥�?
Sat 3 Jul 2021
What do we know about the efficacy of Ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19?
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Scotland cases, flood risk and taxing the poor
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Covid 19 cases are on the rise in Scotland, plus will your town be under water by 2030?
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Maths and the Mayflower
Sat 26 Jun 2021
Are there really 35 million descendants of the Mayflower alive today?
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Delta cases, blue tits and that one-in-two cancer claim
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Should we worry about the Delta variant? Plus how much do blue tits eat?
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Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes
Wed 16 Jun 2021
The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK鈥檚 low ranking waters.
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Third wave fears, smart motorways and bra sizes
Wed 9 Jun 2021
Should we worry about Covid cases rising? Plus are smart motorways safe?
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Bolton vaccines, Yorkshire versus Scotland and the average gamer
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Were tens of thousands of people getting their jab in Bolton every single day?
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The Seaspiracy 鈥渧irtually empty ocean鈥� claim
Sat 29 May 2021
Why it鈥檚 unlikely our oceans will be virtually empty by 2048.
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Wales jab success, Eurovision and living with your parents
Wed 26 May 2021
How to vaccinate a country quickly, plus the UK鈥檚 singing contest woes.
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The medical trial that proved Trump wrong
Sat 22 May 2021
The Recovery Trial identified drugs that did and did not help save lives.
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Explaining maths without Numbers
Sat 15 May 2021
Tim Harford speaks to mathematician Milo Beckman about the beauty of maths.
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Finding Mexico City鈥檚 real death toll
Sat 8 May 2021
How two amateur data detectives revealed the pandemic鈥檚 impact.
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Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world
Sun 2 May 2021
How an obscure theory came into fashion.
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Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020?
Sat 24 Apr 2021
We ask if this year鈥檚 global death toll will surpass 1.8 million.
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How many swimming pools full of vaccine do we need?
Sat 17 Apr 2021
Adding together the doses for everyone on the planet.
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Clot risks: The Pill versus the vaccine
Sat 10 Apr 2021
AstraZeneca鈥檚 clot controversy turns attention on the contraceptive pill.
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Too fast for Minecraft?
Sun 4 Apr 2021
Gamers raise suspicions over speed run times - are they right?
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Deciding when to suspend a vaccine
Sat 20 Mar 2021
Weighing up the risk of unproven side effects with stopping Covid 19.
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The truth about obesity and Covid 19
Sat 13 Mar 2021
Are countries with higher obesity rates suffering from more deaths?
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Why are US Covid cases falling?
Sat 27 Feb 2021
From herd immunity to the weather, Tim Harford explores the theories.
