More or Less: Behind the Stats Episodes Episode guide
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Data, extreme weather and climate change
The role data plays in climate attribution - and why we don鈥檛 always have it
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Data in the time of cholera
A journey back to the birth of epidemiology
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Data for India
Changing India in numbers: what type of country will the next administration lead?
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Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
Can you measure your popularity 鈥� or that of anyone or anything 鈥� by the number of...
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Covid, HGV driver shortages and protest costs
Has Brexit caused a fall in lorry drivers? Plus policing Extinction Rebellion
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Covid-19 fatality rate
Why don't we know how dangerous Covid -19 really is?
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Covid vaccines and false claims about miscarriage
We debunk viral claims that incorrectly link covid-19 vaccines with a risk of miscarriage
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Covid trends, face mask use, and the universal credit cut
A coronavirus check-in, our daily mask use measured, and the universal credit cut.
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Covid testing capacity, refugee numbers, and mascara
Confusing claims on lab capacity, the UK鈥檚 record on asylum, and the volume of eyelashes.
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Covid plasma therapy
Claims about a Covid-19 treatment, breast cancer screening, and 18th century sex workers.
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Covid misconceptions and US deaths
How many of us believe the myths about coronavirus?
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Covid in Africa
Do we have enough data to know what鈥檚 happening on the continent?
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Covid deaths, outdoor swimming and care homes
The global death toll has reached a grim milestone. Plus the UK鈥檚 low ranking waters.
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Covid deaths, North Sea gas and Chloe Kelly's World Cup penalty
Covid related deaths are rising in England and Wales - we investigate the figures
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Covid curve queried, false positives, and the Queen鈥檚 head
How fast are coronavirus cases doubling? Plus testing confusion and a royal face-off.
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Covid climb, childcare costs and why can鈥檛 the French count properly?
How accurately are official figures picking up the new covid wave?
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Covid cases rising, a guide to life鈥檚 risks, and racing jelly-fish
How worrying is the UK鈥檚 jump in cases? Plus balancing risks and the speed of jelly-fish.
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Covid 19 death count: which countries are faring worst?
Tim Harford finds out if we can trust international comparisons with the available data.
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Counting Terror Deaths
Is 2016 an unusually deadly year for terrorism?
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Counting Rough Sleepers
How do you count the number of people sleeping rough?
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Counting images of The Queen. (WS)
How many images of Queen Elizabeth II have ever been created? And is Facebook really...
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Counting Hunger in India
Is it true that hunger has worsened in India?
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Counting Covid鈥檚 impact on GDP
Does GDP tell us whose economies have suffered most during Covid?
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Counting climate migrants
Is it true that environmental problems will create 200 million migrants? Some and warn...
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Counting Catholics
This week Tim Harford asks how the figure of 1. 2 billion Catholics world-wide is...
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Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster
Council tax comparisons, migration calculations and the carbon footprint of home-grown veg
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Council of despair
Local government budgets are being cut. More or Less looks at how the pie is sliced on...
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Could the winter fuel cut cost more than it saves?
Plus, ONS transgender stats, early-onset cancer, and puzzles you鈥檙e meant to get wrong
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Coronavirus, jam, AI and tomatoes
Covid-19 stats, spreading jam far and wide, cooking with AI, and James Wong on vegetables
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Coronavirus, emotions and guns.
Fact checking claims about coronavirus and whether more guns equal fewer homicides.
