Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
Can you measure your popularity 鈥� or that of anyone or anything 鈥� by the number of results that an internet search generates? Tim Harford points the finger at lazy journalists.
Can you measure your popularity 鈥� or that of anyone or anything 鈥� by the number of results that an internet search generates? Tim Harford points the finger at lazy journalists. Plus, a professor of economics assesses the accuracy of a groundhog鈥檚 weather forecasts, made famous by the Hollywood film Groundhog Day. This programme was originally broadcast on the 蘑菇短视频 World Service.
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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life.
