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Believe me, there’s nothing boring about statistics. Especially today when we can make the data sing.
With statistics, we can really make sense of the world.
Join me on a fascinating journey to discover how, from crime to health, from language learning to the way science itself is conducted, the answers, the insights and yes the beauty lie in the stats.
The Joy Of Stats will take you on a fascinating journey into the world of statistics - and the remarkable power they have to change our understanding of the world we live in.
Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling uses the power of statistics to change our understanding of global development over the last 300 years, and he'll be your guide through The Joy Of Stats. From the bowels of some of the world's greatest supercomputers to the frontlines of scientific discovery, Hans exposes the explosive growth of an extraordinary new method of understanding ourselves and our Universe.
The Joy Of Stats can be seen again on BBC Four, Wednesday 13th July at 8.00pm For further transmission details, visit bbc.co.uk.
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The Joy Of Stats: Why you might go up a hill, but come down a crime victim
Plotting San Francisco's crimes onto a topographical map revealed a surprising factor in crime rates: where you are on a hill.
Listen nowThe Joy Of Stats: Why you might go up a hill, but come down a crime victimLevel: 1 Introductory
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The Joy Of Stats: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
Using top-quality data visualisation, Hans Rosling takes us through 200 years of global development.
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The Joy Of Stats: Above average
How many legs does the average Swede have? The surprising answer can tell us a lot about averages...
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The Joy Of Stats: The Lady With A Data Visualisation
Famous for her lamp, it was the light shed by Florence Nightingale's statistics that really saved lives in great numbers.
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The Joy Of Stats: Meaningless and meaningful correlations
Just because two things might appear to be related, it doesn't mean they are - but it's the meaningful correlations that are the treasures of statistical analysis.
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The Joy Of Stats: How statistics make understanding foreign words simpler
Through a massive statistical analysis, Google have taught a machine to translate across dozens of languages pretty effectively.
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