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Spreadsheet disasters

February 13, 2023 By editor

Matt Parker describes what happens when spreadsheets go wrong in the BBC’s "More or Less: Behind the Stats" podcast.

I’ve been writing about this for over a decade and, sadly, little progress had been made.

The cartoon is from xkcd, obviously.

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