More or Less Podcast
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life.
Episodes to download
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The prime minister in statistical bother
Wed 9 Feb 2022
Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime.
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Does the UK have the fastest growing economy in the G7?
Wed 2 Feb 2022
How fast is our economy growing? And what is happening with Omicron reinfections?
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Should you follow the 5 second rule? And does inflation hit the poorest harder?
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Does inflation hit poor households harder and how many people have died of Covid?
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Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?
Sun 23 Jan 2022
Should women be worried about having a male surgeon?
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Are female patients more likely to die if the surgeon is male?
Sun 23 Jan 2022
Should women be worried about having a male surgeon?
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Are women 32% more likely to die after operation by a male surgeon?
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Surgery death risks, Test and Trace costs in the UK and Germany, and podcast plans.
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QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?
Sun 16 Jan 2022
Fact checking a QAnon claim.
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QAnon: Did 365,348 children go missing in the US in 2020?
Sun 16 Jan 2022
Fact checking a QAnon claim
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Omicron, pandemic birth rates and boosters
Wed 12 Jan 2022
An Omicron update, pandemic birth rates and the booster drive.
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How much plastic is in the ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?
Sun 9 Jan 2022
Can two social media stars remove $30million worth of plastic from the ocean?
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How much plastic is in the Ocean and can Mr Beast make a difference?
Sun 9 Jan 2022
Looking at Mark Rober and Mr Beast鈥檚 plastics pledge.
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Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe鈥檚?
Sun 2 Jan 2022
Will Nigeria鈥檚 population really reach 600million?
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Will the population of Nigeria be larger than Europe鈥檚?
Sun 2 Jan 2022
Will Nigeria鈥檚 population really reach 600million?
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Does catching Covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
Sun 12 Dec 2021
Infection vs injection: Could Covid infection provide 27 times more protection?
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Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
Sun 12 Dec 2021
Infection vs injection: Could prior infection provide 27 times more protection?
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Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?
Sun 5 Dec 2021
Is it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?
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Does wearing a mask halve your chances of getting Covid-19?
Sun 5 Dec 2021
Is it true wearing a mask reduces Covid-19 incidence by 53%?
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Simpson鈥檚 Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
Sun 28 Nov 2021
A tricky statistical phenomenon at play.
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Simpson鈥檚 Paradox: How to make vaccinated death figures misleading
Sun 28 Nov 2021
A tricky statistical phenomenon at play.
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Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU
Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
When can you trust statistics?
麻豆社 Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
