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WS MoreOrLess: Big Data
Big data has been enjoying a lot of hype, with promises it will help deliver everything from increased corporate profits to better healthcare. While the potential is certainly...
Big data has been enjoying a lot of hype, with promises it will help deliver everything from increased corporate profits to better healthcare. While the potential is certainly there, Tim Harford asks if the hype is blinding us to some basic statistical lessons learned over the past two-hundred years? This programme was first broadcast on the 大象传媒 World Service.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news: are they always reliable?