More or Less: Behind the Stats

Big numbers

Jan 7, 2011
The podcast discusses VAT, sloppy reporting, and Jack the 'psychic' monkey. Topics include contraceptive failure rates, VAT impacts on jobs, deceptive numbers, and the importance of Bayesian reasoning in decision-making.
Ask episode
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Comparative Analysis of Contraceptive Failure Rates
02:06 • 5min
3
Analysis of a Falling Scenario and VAT Increase Impact on Jobs
06:52 • 4min
4
Tax Impacts, Deceptive Numbers, and Predictive Animals
10:50 • 17min
5
Bayesian Reasoning and Prior Beliefs
27:24 • 2min