The police federation said this week that the message from anti-drink drive advertising wasn’t getting through. They said that drink driving convictions had dropped 24% whilst convictions for women had risen 17%. Is this the case? More or Less investigates.
Do half of our exports really go to Europe? Is it the case that the large quantity of exports going through Rotterdam are skewing the results? Tim Harford and his team find out.
CAMRA has reports that 29 pubs a week are closing in the UK. Can this really be true? Find out on More or Less.
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Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Mathematician and tutor, Katie Chicot, questions the role of "certainty" within the realm of statistical data. She interviews Carol Calvert on the issue, following her talk entitled 'Data – love the uncertainty'.
Read nowUncertainty within the Realm of StatisticsLevel: 1 Introductory
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An introduction to visualising development data
Tony Hirst and Hans Rosling introduce us to visualising development data and explore bar charts, line charts and scatter graphs.
Watch nowAn introduction to visualising development dataLevel: 3 Advanced
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More confusing terms in statistics
Kevin McConway explains why statisticians use everyday words for not-so-everyday concepts - and how to translate what they really mean.
Read nowMore confusing terms in statisticsLevel: 1 Introductory
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OU on the BBC: The Joy Of Stats
Hans Rosling takes a journey into the heart of statistics - and shows why they're anything but dull.
Read nowOU on the BBC: The Joy Of StatsLevel: 1 Introductory
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Postcode patterns
Learn to read and interpret social statistics by exploring Milton Keynes, home of The Open University.
Take part nowPostcode patternsLevel: 1 Introductory
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Diary of a data sleuth: When the data you don't collect affects the data you do
Is there anything sinister in the statistics which appears to show left-handed people die before their time?
Read nowDiary of a data sleuth: When the data you don't collect affects the data you do
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