Richard Knight
Blog posts in total 5
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Are we lonely? The More or Less alternative census
The census is all well and good. (Unless you think it a gross violation of your privacy, of course, or a colossal waste of public money - as a programme about statistics, however, we on More or Less quite like it). It will tell us how many we are, where we live, with whom, and more. Good, hard ...
Calculating the height of Loxley Hall
Oh dear. Now we've done it. In today's More or Less we calculated the height of Lower Loxley Hall - the ancestral home of the late Nigel Pargetter in The Archers - by timing the length of Nigel's scream as he fell from its roof. The answer: over 60 metres. That's the height of York Minster, or ...
Electionwatch: testing the politicians' numbers
We're nearly there - less than a week to go - but the More or Less election team still needs your help. Our job is to explain the numbers being thrown around by all candidates during the campaign. Our presenter (and the FT's Undercover Economist) Tim Harford is broadcasting our analysis on PM a...
Werry good! Muppet meets More or Less
The More or Less team was in a state of great excitement on Wednesday. We were about to interview one of our heroes: Count von Count, Sesame Street's Transylvanian arithmomaniac. But what do you say to a Muppet? The makers of Sesame Street offered some guidance. They sent my colleague Julia Ro...
Does 'Muslim Demographics' abuse numbers?
On More or Less we patiently survey the statistical landscape. It's a kind of mathematical stakeout. When, finally, a number-abuser strays out into the open - we pounce. Our victims are usually journalists or politicians. But of course now there are other channels open to the purveyor of rogue ...
