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More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes

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    WS More or Less: Swimming World Records

    Why are swimming world records frequently being broken?

  2. WS More or Less: Sperm - Are we going extinct?

    How much of a problem is falling sperm count?

  3. WS More or Less: Sleeping: the 8-hour myth

    Could having a lie-in lead to an early death?

  4. WS More or Less: Sir Roger Bannister

    Did Sir Roger Bannister make the 鈥榠mpossible鈥� possible?

  5. WS More or Less: Simpson鈥檚 Paradox

    We explore how statistics can support two seemingly contradictory results.

  6. WS More or Less: Should we really be drinking eight glasses of water a day?

    How much water do we need and how much is too much?

  7. WS More or Less: Sexist Data Crisis

    Are we collecting enough data about women?

  8. WS More or Less: Sex and Heart Attacks

    Are women more likely to die from a heart attack than men?

  9. WS More or Less: Samba, strings and the story of HIV

    Can medical statistics be transformed into a jazzy night out?

  10. WS More or Less: Refugee Camp Statistics

    Is it true that the average stay in a refugee camp is 17 years?

  11. WS More or Less: Real Lives Behind the Numbers

    How individuals manage their money - the personal stories behind economic data.

  12. WS More or Less: Puerto Rico - statistics versus politics

    Why some fear the statistics authority is about to lose its independence

  13. WS More or Less: Predicting Olympic Medals

    What makes a country successful at winning gold, silver and bronze?

  14. WS More or Less: Peaty v. Bolt: Which is the greatest world record?

    Using statistics to compare world records in athletics and swimming.

  15. WS More or Less: Paul Romer and William Nordhaus鈥� Big Ideas

    The economists tackling climate change and growth.

  16. WS More or Less: Odd Socks and Algorithms

    How can the techniques of computer science help us in everyday life?

  17. WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2

    Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.

  18. WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 2

    Helena Merriman with numbers about water shortage, plastic recycling and American jobs.

  19. WS More or Less: Numbers of the Year Part 1

    The numbers that made 2018.

  20. WS More or Less: Novelists in numbers

    Counting the favourite words of well-known authors: Stephen King, Hemingway and others

  21. WS More or Less: Most Expensive Building

    How much to build The Great Pyramid, a nuclear power station, or an airport?

  22. WS More or Less: More Horses than Tanks?

    Is the UK the only country with more horses than tanks in its army?

  23. WS More or Less: Mission Impossible - Quantifiying Santa

    What to look out for on Christmas Eve.

  24. WS More or Less: Menstrual Syncing

    Do women鈥檚 periods start to synchronise if they spend time together?

  25. WS More or Less: Liberia鈥檚 Rape Statistic Debunked

    Is the claim that three out of four women were raped during Liberia's civil war true?

  26. WS More or Less: Leicester City football fluke?

    The statistics behind the English Premier League鈥檚 surprise winners

  27. WS More or Less: Kilobyte to Brontobyte

    Naming the monster numbers - how the names of digital storage files evolved.

  28. WS More or Less: Just how rare is a hole-in-one?

    Why it isn鈥檛 as simple to work out as you think.

  29. WS More or Less: Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?

    Are some people just very lucky? The maths suggest that is unlikely.

  30. WS More or Less: Japan鈥檚 99% Conviction Rate

    Quantifying justice in Japan with Tim Harford.

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