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WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket

WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


WS MoreOrLess: Golden Ticket

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jul 12, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In Roald Dahl’s novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to visit Willy Wonka’s factory. But one of our younger More or Less listeners in England wanted to find out what the chances would be of winning one of those Golden Tickets. So we sent maths book author Rob Eastaway to her school in Derby to explain the answer to her class-mates - a must-listen for anyone who struggles to get their head around probability. Also on the programme we look at whether the age of players makes a difference in World Cup football. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Released:
Jul 12, 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