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False: In Croatia there are fewer deaths during the pandemic than last year

Fact-check, FalseBy University of Zagreb, HRNovember 24, 2020

Prominent internationally recognized Croatian scientist Miroslav Radman claims that in Croatia there are 967 fewer deaths ”at this time“ compared to last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. While Mr Radman does not specify in his claim to what period he specifically is referring to, stats from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics – which he quotes…

Blog: we decided to investigate and dive into murder statistics

BlogpostBy Lobachevsky University RussiaNovember 11, 2020

On May 22, 2020, the PIQUE Magazine, an English-language publication in Canada, wrote in an opinion piece by journalist Andrew Mitchell that “Statistically, men are 17 times more likely than women to murder someone”. However, the author did not provide any links to statistics: there are no illustrations, nor did he offer any further evidence.…

Misuse of statistics and the importance of context

BlogpostBy University of Zagreb, HRMarch 12, 2020

While analyzing political statements in Croatian media, we discovered that the data we came across tend to be correct but incomplete. Incomplete in a sense that they’re not represented within context. Politicians like to focus on the positive side of their work, unfortunately that’s often at the expense of providing a full picture. Manipulating with…

True: Over 500,000 jobs created in France since May 2017

Fact-check, TrueBy Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, NLMarch 2, 2020

On Tuesday 31 December, French president Emmanuel Macron gave his speech for the new year on the national TV news. Among his wishes, and retrospective of 2019, he stated that “more than 500,000 jobs were created since May 2017” (the quote is stated at 1.49), this date marking the start of his mandate. So, is…

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