Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrss1
WS MoreOrLess: Big Data
Big data has been enjoying a lot of hype, with promises it will help deliver everything from increased corporate profits to better healthcare. While the potential is certainly there, Tim Harford asks if the hype is blinding us to some basic statistical lessons learned over the past two-hundred years? This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.