Cybermetrics and Groundhog Day
More or Less: Behind the Stats
Can you measure your popularity β or that of anyone or anything β 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 groundhogβs weather forecasts, made famous by the Hollywood film Groundhog Day. This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.
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