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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Covid testing capacity, refugee numbers, and mascara
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK鈥檚 record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes.
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Covid cases rising, a guide to life鈥檚 risks, and racing jelly-fish
Wed 9 Sep 2020
How worrying is the UK鈥檚 jump in cases? Plus balancing risks and the speed of jelly-fish.
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Schools and coronavirus, test and trace, maths and reality
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Evidence on Covid-19 risks in schools, data on contact tracing, and a philosophical query.
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Covid plasma therapy
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Claims about a Covid-19 treatment, breast cancer screening, and 18th century sex workers.
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A-level algorithms, poker and buses
Wed 19 Aug 2020
We unpick the A-level algoshambles and discover what poker teaches us about statistics.
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Belarus鈥� contested election
Sat 15 Aug 2020
Tim Harford looks at the numbers behind the widely questioned election result
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Hawaiian Pizza, obesity and a second wave?
Wed 12 Aug 2020
Covid-19 cases are rising in the UK - is it a sign of a second wave of the virus?
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Melting Antarctic ice
Sat 8 Aug 2020
If all the ice in Antarctica melted, would global sea levels rise by 70 metres?
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Covid misconceptions and US deaths
Sat 18 Jul 2020
How many of us believe the myths about coronavirus?
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Sweden鈥檚 lockdown lite
Sat 11 Jul 2020
Sweden stayed open during the pandemic 鈥� how well did it work?
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Why Trump is wrong about the USA鈥檚 coronavirus case comeback
Sat 4 Jul 2020
Are cases really rising in the US or are they just testing more? Tim digs into the data.
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Why did the UK have such a bad Covid-19 epidemic?
Wed 1 Jul 2020
Was it bad decision-making, bad advice, or bad luck?
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A new Covid-19 drug and a second wave
Sat 27 Jun 2020
Tim Harford looks into why protests haven鈥檛 led to a spike in Covid-19 cases
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Child Poverty, School Inequality and a Second Wave
Wed 24 Jun 2020
As lockdown eases, why hasn't there been a spike in infections?
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Who Should be Quarantined?
Sat 20 Jun 2020
Tim Harford finds out which countries have the highest rate of Covid-19 infection.
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Quarantine, Test and Trace and BODMAS
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Is it true that Covid-19 mostly kills people who would die soon anyway?
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Antibody tests, early lockdown advice and European deaths
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Are more people are dying of Covid-19 in the UK than all the EU countries put together?
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Keep your distance
Sat 6 Jun 2020
Tim Harford examines how can we avoid infection spreading, while getting on with life.
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False negatives, testing capacity and pheasants
Wed 3 Jun 2020
How accurate are the swab tests used to diagnose Covid-19?
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Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals and is this wave of the epidemic waning?
Wed 27 May 2020
What does the data show about whether this wave of the epidemic is waning in the UK?
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60 Harvests and statistically savvy parrots
Sat 23 May 2020
Can there really only be 60 harvests left in Earth's soil?
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School re-opening, Germany鈥檚 Covid-19 success and statistically savvy parrots
Wed 20 May 2020
Will re-opening some schools put children or their teachers at risk?
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Social Distancing and Government Borrowing
Sat 16 May 2020
Where do the different social distancing measurements come from?
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Vitamin D, explaining R and the 2 metre rule
Wed 13 May 2020
Is Vitamin D an under-appreciated weapon in the fight against Covid-19?
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Testing truth, fatality rates, obesity risk and trampolines.
Wed 6 May 2020
Did the UK really carry out 100,000 coronavirus tests in one day?
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Climate change and birdsong
Sat 2 May 2020
With factories closed and flights grounded, what impact will this have on climate change?
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Ethnic minority deaths, climate change and lockdown
Wed 29 Apr 2020
Are doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds disproportionately affected by Covid-19?
