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 大象传媒 Radio 4
Episodes to download
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Bayes: the clergyman whose maths changed the world
Sun 2 May 2021
How an obscure theory came into fashion.
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Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020?
Sat 24 Apr 2021
We ask if this year鈥檚 global death toll will surpass 1.8 million.
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How many swimming pools full of vaccine do we need?
Sat 17 Apr 2021
Adding together the doses for everyone on the planet.
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Clot risks: The Pill versus the vaccine
Sat 10 Apr 2021
AstraZeneca鈥檚 clot controversy turns attention on the contraceptive pill.
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Too fast for Minecraft?
Sun 4 Apr 2021
Gamers raise suspicions over speed run times - are they right?
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Deciding when to suspend a vaccine
Sat 20 Mar 2021
Weighing up the risk of unproven side effects with stopping Covid 19.
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The truth about obesity and Covid 19
Sat 13 Mar 2021
Are countries with higher obesity rates suffering from more deaths?
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Why are US Covid cases falling?
Sat 27 Feb 2021
From herd immunity to the weather, Tim Harford explores the theories.
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Covid 19 death count: which countries are faring worst?
Sat 20 Feb 2021
Tim Harford finds out if we can trust international comparisons with the available data.
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Comparing death counts, Lock Down drinking and Long Covid
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Is the UK鈥檚 Covid 19 death count among the worst in the world? Plus are we drinking more?
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How much Covid in the World?
Sat 13 Feb 2021
Counting all the virus particles in every human on the planet.
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Brexit exports, cladding and are 1 in 5 disabled?
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Are exports to the EU down since Brexit? Plus removing flammable building cladding.
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Glasgow vs Rwanda
Sat 6 Feb 2021
Could life expectancy in some parts of Glasgow be worse than in Rwanda?
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Deaths at Home, Supermarket Infections and the Cobra Effect
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Where are people catching Covid-19?
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Deaths at home, supermarket infections and the Cobra effect
Wed 27 Jan 2021
Where are people catching Covid-19?
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Counting Covid鈥檚 impact on GDP
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Does GDP tell us whose economies have suffered most during Covid?
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Will the vaccine bring back normal life? GDP and Fishing
Wed 20 Jan 2021
If we vaccinate the top four priority groups by February, how much will things change?
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How effective is one dose of the vaccine?
Thu 14 Jan 2021
Is the first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine 52% or 90% effective?
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QAnon: Child runaways and trafficking numbers debunked
Fri 11 Dec 2020
Tackling statistics spread by conspiracy theorists.
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Vaccines: how safe and who gets it?
Sat 5 Dec 2020
Is it too soon to approve a vaccine for use? Plus choosing who goes first.
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Tracking Covid 19
Sat 28 Nov 2020
Which countries are doing well at keeping track of the virus? And which are not?
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Inviting Covid for Dinner
Sat 21 Nov 2020
If you go to a gathering of 25 people, what are the chances one of you has coronavirus?
