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 Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio 4
Episodes to download
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To ice or not to ice?
Fri 5 Sep 2014
The ALS ice bucket challenge viral phenomenon has raised over $100m. Is this good for...
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How Deadly Is Ebola?
Fri 29 Aug 2014
Media reports are suggesting that as many as 12,000 people may have Ebola in West but...
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WS MoreOrLess: Do We Use Only 10% of Our Brains?
Fri 29 Aug 2014
Is it true that humans use just 10% of their brains? It’s the premise of the new...
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Troubled families?
Fri 22 Aug 2014
"Revealed: half a million problem families" reported The Sunday Times.
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WS MoreOrLess: Deaths in Gaza
Fri 22 Aug 2014
As the Gaza conflict continues, the fact that there are estimated to be nearly three...
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Student Loans
Fri 15 Aug 2014
The cost of the government's new student loan system is rising according to a recent...
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WS MoreOrLess: Anti-Semitism
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Is anti-semitism on the rise? Ruth Alexander and James Fletcher look at the numbers, a...
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WS MoreOrLess: Ebola
Sun 10 Aug 2014
What do we know about how deadly the Ebola virus is, and how likely is it that there...
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WS MoreOrLess: Fear of Flying
Fri 1 Aug 2014
After three tragic airline incidents in eight days, is flying becoming more dangerous?...
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WS MoreOrLess: The prevalence of paedophilia?
Fri 25 Jul 2014
The Pope was reported to have said that 2% of Catholic clergy were paedophiles.
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WS MoreOrLess: The Tour de France
Fri 18 Jul 2014
The Tour de France has reached the mountains, but what does it take to be a good and...
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WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket
Fri 11 Jul 2014
In Roald Dahl’s novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Charlie Bucket wins a to...
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Will we die before our parents?
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Obesity may mean children have a shorter lifespan than their parents, it has been but...
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WS MoreOrLess: Is this the greatest world cup ever?
Fri 27 Jun 2014
As we reach the end of the group stage are we really witnessing the greatest world cup...
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WS MoreOrLess: Money for nothing?
Fri 20 Jun 2014
When it comes to aid, what works best – giving people food, shelter, medicine, or it...
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Faith and Charity?
Fri 13 Jun 2014
"Religion Makes People More Generous"- according to The Daily Telegraph's of a new Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú...
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WS MoreOrLess: Heads Or Tails?
Fri 13 Jun 2014
Freakonomics guru Steven Levitt joins us to talk about an unusual experiment – to to...
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What's Scottish Independence Worth?
Fri 6 Jun 2014
Scottish independence - yes or no? Which will line your pocket more? The Scottish says...
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WS MoreOrLess: 'Spurious Correlations'
Fri 6 Jun 2014
Is the divorce rate in the US state of Maine linked to margarine consumption? It's one...
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The Piketty Affair
Fri 30 May 2014
Did 'rock-star' French economist Thomas Piketty get his numbers wrong? His theories of...
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WS MoreOrLess: The Piketty Affair
Fri 30 May 2014
Did 'rock-star' French economist Thomas Piketty get his numbers wrong? His theories of...
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Romanian Crime
Fri 23 May 2014
Are the statistics put forward by UKIP accurate, and are Romanians responsible for on...
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WS MoreOrLess: Risk Savvy
Fri 23 May 2014
A famous probability puzzle is discussed involving goats and game shows with German...
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WS MoreOrLess: Did global poverty halve overnight?
Fri 16 May 2014
Did the number of people around the world living in extreme poverty fall by half a few...
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Tax Dodgers and Benefits Cheats
Fri 16 May 2014
Does the government have lots of people chasing the relatively small amounts lost to a...
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Food Bank Britain
Fri 9 May 2014
Food banks are being used by a million people in Britain according to recent newspaper...
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WS MoreOrLess: Brazil’s Maths Superstar
Fri 9 May 2014
The Man Who Counted, a book of 'Arabic' mathematical tales written by Middle Eastern...
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British Law - Made in Brussels?
Fri 2 May 2014
How much British law is made in Brussels - 75% as UKIP say, or 7% as Nick Clegg says?...
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Sir Roger Bannister's ‘impossible’ feat
Fri 2 May 2014
Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes 60 ago.
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Killed for being female?
Fri 25 Apr 2014
Are 100 million women missing from the world? A listener asks More or Less to explore...