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EPISODE · Feb 8, 2018 · 12 MIN

A citizen's guide to statistics

from FT News in Focus

We are constantly bombarded by statistical claims but how do we know when they're true and when they're fake news? And how to we avoid becoming unwittingly complicit by spreading misinformation on social media? Economist Tim Harford rides to the rescue in conversation with the FT's Sarah O'Connor.Read Tim Harford's guide to statistics on a postcard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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