The 10 Best More or Less: Behind the Stats Podcast Episodes
1) Uncertainty, probability and double yoked eggs
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter is one of the great communicators of probability and uncertainty. His new book, The Art of Uncertainty, explains how to approach uncertainty, luck, probability and ig...Show More
2) Does it take 10,000 litres of water to make a pair of jeans?
Various claims have been made about how much water is used in the production of a pair of jeans, that cornerstone of casual clothing. With growing worries over the environmental impact of denim produc...Show More
3) Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs
How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance? Tim Harford and the team examine in detail the sheer scale of delays in responding to emergency calls. We also ask why the NHS i...Show More
4) How many American women will have an abortion in their lifetime?
Earlier this month, the US Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling on Roe vs Wade - the case which guaranteed a constitutional right to a legal abortion across the US, sparking heated protests and de...Show More
5) Are just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions and how stressed are South Africans?
In the fight against global warming we’re constantly told to do our bit to reduce green house gas emissions. However, a claim circulating that just ‘100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emi...Show More
6) Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
Immunity to Covid-19. We've all been hoping to develop it ever since the virus emerged two years ago. Since then, a race to vaccinate the world has begun in earnest, with many countries rolling out bo...Show More
Does catching covid give you more immunity than being vaccinated?
08:58 | Dec 12th, 2021
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7) Same data, opposite results. Can we trust research?
When Professor Martin Schweinsberg found that he was consistently reaching different conclusions to his peers, even with the same data, he wondered if he was incompetent. So he set up an experiment. ...Show More
8) Auction Theory - Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson
Paul Milgrom and his former tutor Robert Wilson worked together for years developing ways to run complicated auctions for large resources. This month the two Stanford University professors were awarde...Show More
9) The spread of fact-checking in Africa
With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?
10) Transgender Numbers, Parkrun and Snooker
How many transgender people are there in the UK? The UK produces official statistics about all sorts of things – from economic indicators to demographic data. But it turns out there are no official...Show More
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Great use of audio data (coughing) to illustrate how smoking rates have changed over time
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