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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 which surround us. From BB

Episodes

Total: 1116

Since the start of the pandemic there have been many warnings that people might die not just from th

GDP figures for the period covering lockdown appear to show that the UK suffered a catastrophic decl

GDP figures for the period covering lockdown appear to show that the UK suffered a catastrophic decl

The vaccine rollout continues: how long will it take before we see the benefits, and what benefits w

A lot has changed since More or Less was last on air. We give you a statistical picture of the secon

Ants and Algorithms

2021/1/9

What can ants tells us about whether something deserves to be popular? This is a question tackled in

From the economic impact of Covid 19 to the number of people who have access to soap and water, we s

Tim Harford asks a group of numbers-minded people to take a look back on the year and think of one s

Tim Harford asks economist Joel Waldfogel how Covid 19 could affect spending at Christmas this year.

Tim Harford looks at false statistical claims online about missing and trafficked children in the US

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the use of a vaccine for Covid 19. But s

Tracking Covid 19

2020/11/28

This year has shown us the importance of good robust data - as Covid-19 spread around the world it w

Inviting Covid for Dinner

2020/11/21

If you go to a gathering of 25 or more people, what are the chances one of you has coronavirus?Imagi

Vaccine numbers

2020/11/14

A vaccine which has shown in a clinical trial to be 90% effective against Covid 19 has been widely w

How deadly is Covid 19?

2020/11/7

Tim Harford explores what we know about mortality rates in the current pandemic. We discuss the diff

Asymptomatic Covid19 Cases

2020/10/31

A headline in a British tabloid newspaper claimed that ‘Staggering 86% who tested Covid positive in

Tim Harford hears about the sheer volume of false claims made during the campaign. President Trump i

Paul Milgrom and his former tutor Robert Wilson worked together for years developing ways to run com

Tim Harford speaks to Jacob Goldstein about the unholy marriage of mathematicians, gamblers, and act

After nearly 16,000 cases disappeared off coronaviruses spreadsheets, we ask what went wrong. How co