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Numbers of the Year 2022
Tim Harford and guests on the numbers that help tell the big stories of the year.
Qatar World Cup: The pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
Qatar World Cup: the pressure of penalties
We analyse World Cup penalty data to ask what boosts the chance of scoring from the spot
Why is data so important in determining how we live?
Tim Harford on how good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
Why are data so important in determining how we live?
How good policies depend on the availability of reliable statistics
The World Cup: how many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
World Cup in Qatar: How many migrant workers have died?
Examining the wildly varying estimates of deaths in the run-up to the tournament in Qatar
When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
When do food shortages become a famine?
With Somalia in crisis, we ask how data is used to officially declare a famine
A $220 billion World Cup?
Has hosting the Fifa football World Cup really cost Qatar $220bn?
