WS MoreOrLess: The numbers of 2013 - part 1
More or Less
BBC
4.6 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2013
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
A guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the year discussed by More or Less interviewees. Contributors: David Spiegelhalter, Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University; Linda Yueh, BBC Chief Business Correspondent; Simon Singh, author of The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. Producer: Ben Carter. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the short edition of More or Less. |
| 0:02.0 | First broadcast on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:06.0 | Thank you for downloading from the BBC. |
| 0:09.0 | The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use |
| 0:12.0 | go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to More or Less on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm Tim Halford. |
| 0:25.0 | It's become a seasonal tradition of ours to take a look back |
| 0:28.0 | at the most intriguing, striking or just plain delightful numbers |
| 0:32.0 | of 2013. |
| 0:34.0 | First up is David Schpiegelhalter, |
| 0:36.0 | professor of the public understanding of risk at Cambridge University in the UK. |
| 0:41.0 | My number of the year is 7.3. |
| 0:45.0 | This is the average response given by about 165,000 people |
| 0:49.0 | when the Office for National Statistics asked them on a scale |
| 0:53.0 | from 0 to 10 how happy were you yesterday. |
| 0:57.0 | It's about the same as last year. |
| 0:59.0 | About 15% were completely manic and said 10, |
| 1:02.0 | 1% were already miserable as N0, |
| 1:04.0 | but only 10% said 4 or less. |
| 1:07.0 | At the question, are you satisfied with your life? |
| 1:10.0 | Got an average of 7.5, |
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