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WS MoreOrLess: Could statistics cure cancer?

Ruth Alexander speaks to a statistician at the forefront of cancer research, Professor Terry Speed. He has just been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science in Australia. This programme was first broadcast on the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service.

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Unlock the history and truth behind the data with The OU

Explore how numbers shape, and sometimes mislead us, with The Open University.

When can you trust statistics?

When can you trust statistics?

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Ideas discovers three easy ways to help make sense of statistics.

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