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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

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Total: 1116

Is climate change making turbulence more dangerous for people taking flights around the world? That’

How can tennis star Roger Federer have won only 54% of the points he played, but been the best playe

How can tennis star Roger Federer have won only 54% of the points he played, but been the best playe

You might have found it boring in school maths classes, but Matt Parker thinks we should all learn t

Are Labour right about employment? Are the Conservatives right about cutting NHS managers? Are the L

he US has been portrayed as in the grip of a maternal mortality crisis. In contrast to most other

Are Labour right about the Liz Truss effect on mortgages? Are the Conservatives right about pensione

So-called “pig butchering” scams take billions of dollars from people around the globe. But do the

So-called ?pig butchering? scams take billions of dollars from people around the globe. But do the

Will Conservative policies raise mortgages by £4800, as Labour claim? Are primary school kids in Eng

Shakespeare’s maths

2024/6/15

AWilliam Shakespeare might well rank as the most influential writer in the English language. But it

Shakespeare?s maths

2024/6/15

AWilliam Shakespeare might well rank as the most influential writer in the English language. But it

What’s going on with the dodgy bar charts that political parties put on constituency campaign leafle

The claim that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the US has been zooming around t

Were there any suspicious claims in the election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer?Do the

Data for India

2024/6/1

India’s election has been running since 19 April. With results imminent on 4th June, More or Less ta

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that the UK economy is growing faster than Germany, France and t

News stories earlier in the year appeared to suggest that time restricted eating – where you consume

Is it going to take 685 years to clear NHS waiting lists in England?Are 10 per cent of MPs under inv

It’s long been known that marriage is associated with happiness in survey data. But are falling marr