More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Available now
Abortion, modern slavery, math versus maths
The British abortion statistics gaining attention in Ireland's referendum debate
WS More or Less: Exposing the biases we have of the world
Statistician Hans Rosling’s family talk about the book they co-wrote about preconceptions
Cancer screening, the Windrush Generation, Audiograms
Calculating the benefits and risks of breast screening. Plus, patchy citizenship data.
WS More or Less: Puerto Rico - statistics versus politics
Why some fear the statistics authority is about to lose its independence
Straws, women on boards, plus animals born each day
Measuring plastic pollution, female FTSE directors and counting animal offspring.
WS More or Less: How Should We Think About Spending?
Tim Harford talks to economist Dan Ariely about the psychology of money.
WS More More or Less: Are We Breathing Unsafe Air?
The W.H.O. say 95% of people in cities breathe unsafe air, but what does 'unsafe' mean?
WS More or Less: Why London’s Murder Rate is Being Compared to New York’s
Finding out if London is now more deadly than New York.
WS More or Less: How Deadly Was 1920s Melbourne?
We investigate the murder rate in popular crime series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.
Were ‘extra’ votes counted in Russia’s presidential election?
We look at voting data to investigate allegations of election fraud in Russia
