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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

Has Uganda been accepting more refugees on a daily basis than some European countries manage in an e

Has Uganda been accepting more refugees on a daily basis than some European countries manage in an e

Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.

What is happening to nurses pay?Amid reports of nurses using food banks, Jeremy Hunt said he doesn’t

All over the world mothers are given numbers as their baby grows. The numbers are from ‘growth chart

Why some parts of town are hard to navigate.

Is Crime Rising?

2017/5/5

It looks like homicides are on the rise - but better check the footnotes

How to use mathematics to find your partner. And, how reliable are pregnancy due dates?

Giant bombs, a war hero and the foreign secretary's stats.

Are middle-aged white Americans dying younger than other groups?

Are middle-aged white Americans dying younger than other groups?

Are people's incomes falling? Plus singing Pi like Kate Bush

How much do you know about the world?

Economics of Overbooking

2017/4/14

Why airlines bet that not everybody will turn up for a flight.

A single nuclear weapon could destroy America’s entire electrical grid, claims a former head of the

The claim that “one in four” of us will suffer from a mental health problem is popular amongst campa

Ever since a BBC article highlighted the use of baby boxes in Finland they have become a bit of a ph

Ever since a BBC article highlighted the use of baby boxes in Finland they have become a bit of a ph

Did China use more concrete in three years than the US in the 20th Century?

Did China use more concrete in three years than the US in the 20th Century?