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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Podcast door BBC Radio 4
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
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961 afleveringenIs increasing turbulence making flying more dangerous?
Is climate change making turbulence more dangerous for people taking flights around the world?
That’s what one listener asked, following a terrifying turbulence incident which left one person dead and more than 20 injured on a flight to Singapore.
We speak to turbulence expert Paul Williams, Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading, to understand what is going on.
Presenter: Kate Lamble
Producer: Nathan Gower
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon
20 jul 2024 - 10 min
Federer’s 54%: Tennis stats explained
How can tennis star Roger Federer have won only 54% of the points he played, but been the best player in the world?
Jeff Sackmann, the tennis stats brain behind tennisabstract.com, explains to Tim Harford how probability works in the sport.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon
13 jul 2024 - 8 min
The magic of trigonometry
You might have found it boring in school maths classes, but Matt Parker thinks we should all learn to love trigonometry.
The ‘Love Triangle’ author talks to Tim Harford about the maths used in GPS, architecture and special effects.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Debbie Richford
Series Producer: Tom Colls
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: Nigel Appleton
Editor: Richard Vadon
06 jul 2024 - 9 min
Election endings, tennis and meeting men in finance
Are Labour right about employment? Are the Conservatives right about cutting NHS managers? Are the Lib Dems right about share buyback? Are Reform UK right about their tax plans?
How do they make the exit poll so accurate?
What are the odds of meeting a very tall man in finance (with a trust fund)?
What does it mean that Roger Federer only won 54% of the points he played?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Reporter: Kate Lamble
Producers: Nathan Gower, Beth Ashmead Latham and Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Richard Vadon
03 jul 2024 - 37 min
How a tick box doubled the US maternal mortality rates.
he US has been portrayed as in the grip of a maternal mortality crisis. In contrast to most other developed nations, the rate of maternal deaths in the US has been going up since the early 2000s.
But why? With the help of Saloni Dattani, a researcher at Our World in Data, Tim Harford explores how a gradual change in the way the data was gathered lies at the heart of the problem.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Debbie Richford
Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Series Producer: Tom Colls
Sound Mix: Emma Harth
Editor: Richard Vadon
29 jun 2024 - 9 min
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