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WS MoreOrLess: Counting the Dead in Iraq

WS MoreOrLess: Counting the Dead in Iraq

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


WS MoreOrLess: Counting the Dead in Iraq

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In Iraq, estimates of the death count since the war started 2003 range from 100,000 to about one million. Tim Harford explores why such a range exists and what methods are used to count those killed during war. Meanwhile he discovers that Iraq's population has been growing strongly over the same period. Plus, mathematician and comedian Matt Parker presents his guide to the imperial measurement system. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Released:
Jan 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4