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Read more about the article Data – it might not mean what you think it means

Data – it might not mean what you think it means

  • Post last modified:October 22, 2024
  • Post category:Data Journalism/Dodgy Statistics
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It certainly didn’t when it came to the £32 bread. That was actually 11 loaves and cost £2.82. The lesson from this is if it sound ridiculous, it probably is…

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By escalating, you mean falling, right?

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Apparently violence by teenage girls is out of control in England and Wales – except it isn’t. The Daily Mail is having one of its periodic rages about how teenage girls are…

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