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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WSMoreOrLess: Do e-cigarettes really harm your chances of quitting smoking?
Mon 8 Feb 2016
Should research described as "misleading" and "not scientific" have been published?
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E-cigarettes: Can They Help People Quit?
Fri 5 Feb 2016
Do e-cigarettes harm your chances of quitting smoking? Tim Harford looks at the evidence.
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Swedish refugees
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Have refugees caused a gender imbalance in Sweden? Tim Harford finds out.
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How harmful is alcohol?
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Are there problems with the way we judge the harms from alcohol? Tim Harford finds out.
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WSMoreOrLess: Oxfam and Wealth Inequality
Mon 25 Jan 2016
Were Oxfam right to compare the wealth of the rich with that of the poor?
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Billionaires versus the world
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Does it matter that 62 people now own as much wealth as half of the world鈥檚 population?
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WS MoreOrLess: Gravitational Waves
Fri 15 Jan 2016
In search of a previously unobserved part of Einstein鈥檚 theory.
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Weekend Stroke Deaths
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Jeremy Hunt says if you have a stroke at the weekend, you're 20% more likely to die .
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Flood Defence Spending
Fri 8 Jan 2016
Is there a north-south divide in the amount of money spent on flood defences in England?
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WS MoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015: Part Three
Thu 7 Jan 2016
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers making the news in 2015.
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WSMoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 2
Thu 31 Dec 2015
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.
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Numbers of the Year 2015
Thu 31 Dec 2015
A look back at some of the numbers behind the news in 2015 with Tim Harford.
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WS MoreOrLess: Numbers of the Year 2015 Part 1
Tue 22 Dec 2015
Tim Harford looks back at some of the most interesting numbers of 2015.
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WS MoreOrLess: How Many Stormtroopers are there?
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Are Star Wars鈥� Stormtroopers the biggest secret army on Earth?
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WS MoreOrLess:100 Year Floods?
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Do so-called 鈥�100 year floods鈥� only happen once a century?
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WS MoreOrLess: '鈥楽ympathy鈥� for jihadis
Fri 27 Nov 2015
Are claims that one in five British Muslims 鈥榮ympathise with jihadis鈥� correct?
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WS MoreOrLess: Has Islamic State been Losing Territory?
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Has so-called Islamic State been losing territory? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Creativity and Mental Illness
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Are creative people more likely to be mentally ill, and has Cuba wiped out child hunger?
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WS MoreOrLess: China's One Child Policy
Fri 6 Nov 2015
As China ends its one child policy what has been its impact? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Processed Meat and Cancer
Fri 30 Oct 2015
Are processed meats as cancer-causing as cigarettes? Ruth Alexander investigates.
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WS MoreOrLess: Oil
Fri 23 Oct 2015
Are a million barrels of Nigeria鈥檚 oil stolen per day? Ruth Alexander finds out.
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WS MoreOrLess: Foreign Aid: More Harm Than Good?
Fri 16 Oct 2015
Nobel Prize winning economist professor Angus Deaton on a lifetime measuring inequality.
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WS MoreOrLess: Are Tall People More Likely to Get Cancer?
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Are tall people really more likely to get cancer? Ruth Alexander looks at a new study.
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WS MoreOrLess: Football鈥檚 Red Card Clich茅
Fri 2 Oct 2015
Is it harder to play football against ten men? Tim Harford finds out.
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Alzheimers, Psychology science, John Conway, Red cards, Decimate
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks whether one in three people born in the UK this year will get Alzheimer's
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WS MoreOrLess: How Reliable is Psychology Science?
Fri 25 Sep 2015
How reliable are psychological science studies? Tim Harford finds out.
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Striking Numbers
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Tim Harford asks are strikes on the rise, rugby players bigger and sea life in decline?
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WS MoreOrLess: How Many is Too Many Bananas?
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Should population density affect refugee movements? How many bananas are too many?
