Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
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Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.
BBC Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.
The More or Less team identify the key facts about testing.
Some surprising statistics about the way we’re living now
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Tim Harford discusses the sums behind the series on More or Less.
The Nuffield Trust's Billy Palmer looks at consultant doctors' earnings with Tim Harford.
Prof Bent Flyvbjerg and Tim Harford consider Britain's track record on schemes like HS2.
We ask if the Tories have really built a record number of social rent homes since 2010
