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Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
Can you measure your popularity – or that of anyone or anything – by the number of results that an internet search generates? Tim Harford points the finger at lazy journalists.
Can you measure your popularity – or that of anyone or anything – by the number of results that an internet search generates? Tim Harford points the finger at lazy journalists. Plus, a professor of economics assesses the accuracy of a groundhog’s weather forecasts, made famous by the Hollywood film Groundhog Day. This programme was originally broadcast on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics around us.
