![More or Less: Behind the Stats artwork](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/26/cf/32/26cf3245-4f2f-bfde-8117-2e08b9e98ab0/mza_3048031617250188411.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Levelling the statistical playing field
More or Less: Behind the Stats
English - August 20, 2012 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratingsNews Education Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The great playing field sell off?
Next Episode: Are African leaders more likely to die in office?
Given that some countries are richer than others, and some have larger populations, what should the Olympic medal tally really have looked like? Also: numbers help us understand the world. But for Daniel Tammet, author of “Thinking in Numbers". They don't just help him to understand the world - but to be a part of it.