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 成人快手 Radio 4
Episodes to download
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WS More or Less: Sir Roger Bannister
Fri 9 Mar 2018
Did Sir Roger Bannister make the 鈥榠mpossible鈥� possible?
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WS More or Less: Women, the Oscars and the Bechdel Test
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Ninety years鈥� worth of Best Picture winning films under the spotlight
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WS More or Less: The Winter Olympics
Sun 25 Feb 2018
Which is the most successful country? Plus the chances of a dead heat.
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WS More or Less: Debunking guide 鈥� on a postcard
Sun 18 Feb 2018
How to question dubious statistics in just a few short steps.
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UN rape claims, Stalin and Mr Darcy
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Back of the envelope calculations on rape, and how many died under Stalin?
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WS More or Less: Has Russian Drinking Fallen by 80% in five years?
Sun 11 Feb 2018
Alcohol consumption has fallen sharply according to Russia鈥檚 health ministry
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The Dow, Tampons, Parkrun part II
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Why the biggest ever fall in the Dow wasn't, and how much do women spend on tampons?
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WS More or Less: Is China On Track to End Poverty by 2020?
Mon 5 Feb 2018
We investigate whether the Chinese government can really achieve its extraordinary pledge
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Transgender Numbers, Parkrun and Snooker
Fri 2 Feb 2018
How many transgender people are there in the UK? Plus a statistical take on parkruns.
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Is the US Census Under Threat?
Mon 29 Jan 2018
The survey question that could affect the accuracy of its results.
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A Girl's First Time, Shark's Stomachs, Prime numbers
Fri 26 Jan 2018
First sexual experience - checking the facts.
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WS More or Less: Real Lives Behind the Numbers
Mon 22 Jan 2018
How individuals manage their money - the personal stories behind economic data.
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Gender Pay Gaps and How to Learn a Language
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Why are women paid less than men in specific industries and occupations?
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WS More or Less: How Louis Bachelier Scooped Economists by Half a Century
Mon 15 Jan 2018
A forgotten French mathematician鈥檚 unusual approach to the stock market.
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Missed appointments, graduate pay, plus cocaine on bank notes
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Do missed appointments cost the NHS 拢1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree?
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WS More or Less: Just how rare is a hole-in-one?
Sun 7 Jan 2018
Why it isn鈥檛 as simple to work out as you think.
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More or Less: Statistics of the Year 2017
Sun 31 Dec 2017
Phones, lawn mowers and how Kim Kardashian helped the public understanding of risk.
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WS More or Less: Will Bitcoin use more electricity than the United States?
Christmas Eve 2017
Measuring the energy used to keep the cryptocurrency secure.
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WS More or Less: Diet Coke Habit; 'Contained' Wildfires
Mon 18 Dec 2017
Could the US President鈥檚 Diet Coke habit affect his health? and 'contained' wildfires
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WS More or Less: Does Eating Chocolate Make Your Brain Younger?
Mon 11 Dec 2017
Are research findings misrepresented by funders, PR machines and the media?
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WS More or Less: Just how lucky are regular lottery winners?
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Are some people just very lucky? The maths suggest that is unlikely.
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WS More or Less: How Rich was Jane Austen鈥檚 Mr Darcy?
Sun 26 Nov 2017
What the Pride and Prejudice character would have earned in today鈥檚 money.
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How expensive is Italy's World Cup failure?
Fri 17 Nov 2017
How much will Italy's surprise failure to make it to the world cup cost FIFA?
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WS More or Less: Why Albums are Getting Longer
Sun 12 Nov 2017
More or less finds out the numbers that are changing modern music.
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WS More or Less: Do Nigerian lawmakers get $1.7m and do Yams cause twins?
Sun 5 Nov 2017
Finding out if Nigerian politicians really get paid more than the American President.
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WS More or Less: Novelists in numbers
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Counting the favourite words of well-known authors: Stephen King, Hemingway and others
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WS More or Less: Are US millennials more politically engaged online?
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Did the 2016 US election galvanise young people to become more engaged in politics?
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How Richard Thaler changed Economics
Fri 13 Oct 2017
The behavioural economist who has inspired governments around the world.
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WS More or Less: Kilobyte to Brontobyte
Mon 9 Oct 2017
Naming the monster numbers - how the names of digital storage files evolved.
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WS More or Less: Big polluters - ships versus cars
Mon 2 Oct 2017
Do the largest ships emit as much pollution as all the cars in the world?
