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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WS More or Less: When maths mistakes really matter
Mon 18 Feb 2019
Tim Harford talks to Matt Parker on how simple maths mistakes can cause big problems.
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Climate Change, Victorian Diseases, Alcohol
Fri 15 Feb 2019
Tim Harford on climate change, Victorian diseases, maths mistakes and alcohol consumption
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WS More or Less: From the archives: Groundhogs and Kings
Mon 11 Feb 2019
Assessing the accuracy of a Groundhog; How many English people have right royal relatives?
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Teen Suicide; Brexit Business Moves; Wood-Burner Pollution
Fri 8 Feb 2019
Tim Harford finds untrue a recent report that there is a 'suicidal generation' of teens.
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WS More or Less: You have 15,000 likes!
Mon 4 Feb 2019
A listener doubts her popularity on the dating app Tinder. We investigate the numbers.
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Holocaust Deniers; Venezuelan Hyperinflation; Tinder Likes
Fri 1 Feb 2019
Tim Harford on Holocaust deniers; food prices in Venezuela, and dating app statistics
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WS More or Less: Is Suicide Seasonal?
Sat 26 Jan 2019
Tim Harford asks which times of the year are riskiest for suicide.
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Domestic Violence, Jobs, Easter Snowfall
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Tim Harford on domestic violence, employment numbers, and the chance of a white Easter.
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WS More or Less: Close Encounters of a Planetary Kind
Sat 19 Jan 2019
Which planet is closest to Earth?
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Intersex Numbers, Fact-Checking Facebook, Jack Bogle
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Tim Harford asks whether 1.7% of people are intersex, and examines false claims about MPs
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WS More or Less: The Mathematics of Fever
Sat 12 Jan 2019
We look at the numbers behind body temperature 鈥� what is normal?
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Sugar, Outdoors Play and Planets
Fri 11 Jan 2019
Tim Harford on sugar, train fares, children's outdoors play and Earth's closest neighbour
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WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2
Fri 4 Jan 2019
Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.
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WS More or Less: Mission Impossible - Quantifiying Santa
Sat 22 Dec 2018
What to look out for on Christmas Eve.
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WS More or Less: Sex and Heart Attacks
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Are women more likely to die from a heart attack than men?
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WS More or Less: Are 90% of War Fatalities Civilians?
Fri 23 Nov 2018
Xavier Zapata examines what the data tells us about the deadly impact of war on civilians
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WS More or Less: Do Assassinations Work?
Fri 9 Nov 2018
How likely are assassination attempts on heads of state to succeed?
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WS More or Less: Vaccines - The importance of the herd and social media
Sun 28 Oct 2018
What proportion of a population needs to be vaccinated to stop a disease spreading?
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WS More or Less: Foreign Aid: Who鈥檚 the most generous?
Fri 19 Oct 2018
In foreign aid terms what鈥檚 the best way of measuring how generous a country is?
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WS More or Less: Paul Romer and William Nordhaus鈥� Big Ideas
Fri 12 Oct 2018
The economists tackling climate change and growth.
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Loneliness, School Funding, Same-Sex Divorce
Tue 9 Oct 2018
A 蜜芽传媒 loneliness survey, school funding, same-sex divorce and the loyalty of listeners.
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WS More or Less: Why are Lesbians More Likely to Divorce than Gay Men?
Sun 7 Oct 2018
Tim Harford talks to economist Marina Ashdade about same-sex divorce statistics.
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Loneliness; School Funding; Same-Sex Divorce.
Fri 5 Oct 2018
Tim Harford on a 蜜芽传媒 loneliness survey; school funding; same-sex divorce; loyal listeners
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WS More of Less: Surviving the Battle of Britain
Mon 1 Oct 2018
Were Spitfire pilots killed after an average of four weeks in the World War Two battle?
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Surviving the Battle of Britain; the World Cup and Domestic Violence; Buckfast and Arrests in Scotland
Fri 28 Sep 2018
Tim Harford on Spitfire pilots, and whether football triggers violence in the home.
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WS More or Less: Trump and the Puerto Rico Death Toll
Mon 24 Sep 2018
How can we calculate excess mortality after a natural disaster?
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How Many Schoolchildren are Carers? Shareholder Income, and Museum Visitors Vs Football Fans
Fri 21 Sep 2018
Tim Harford on child carers, shareholder income, football vs museums and dangerous sports
