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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

2011 in numbers

2011/12/30

A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year. Plus, does prob

Who are the 1% and the 99%?

2011/12/23

Tim Harford on income inequality in the UK, and elsewhere. He speaks to Professor Sir Tony Atkinson

Higgs boson statistics

2011/12/16

In the week scientists at the Large Hadron Collider announced that the most coveted prize in particl

Supermarket price wars

2011/12/9

Tim Harford on National Literacy Trust figures and the maths of supermarket price wars. Plus, he con

In the week of a nationwide strike over pension changes, Tim Harford explains how the government can

Brain Culture Part 3

2011/11/29

In a change to our usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. The form

Brain Culture Part 2

2011/11/22

In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor's "Brain Culture" series. Matthew

Brain Culture Part 1

2011/11/15

In a change to the usual format, we are podcasting Matthew Taylor’s series “Brain Culture”. He explo

Government waste

2011/9/9

In More or Less this week: Government waste, a logic puzzle, the statistics of spying, Olympic econo

A Euro Debt Odyssey

2011/9/2

In this week's More or Less: a Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.

Scottish Independence

2011/8/26

On this week's More or Less: Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the g

Is salt bad for you?

2011/8/19

More or Less has the latest on salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height

The maths of rioting

2011/8/12

In More or Less this week: riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.

US debt

2011/8/5

Tim Harford and the More or Less team unpick more numbers in the news. This week: US debt, NHS fundi

Public Sector Pay

2011/5/13

Investigating the public sector pay premium, statins and the 'decline effect'.

Climate Refugees

2011/5/7

More or Less looks at child poverty, climate refugees and Sir Henry Cooper's greatest moment.

Wedding Stats

2011/4/29

In More or Less this week: a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers. And AV explained.

How useful is GDP?

2011/4/22

Tim Harford and team look at GDP, school standards and the results of 'The Other Census'.

Tuition fees

2011/4/15

Tim Harford and the team examine examine tuition fees, drugs testing and inflation.

Youth Unemployment

2011/4/8

In More or Less this week: youth unemployment, Trumpton and social mobility.