Church attendance report pulled after YouGov finds 'fraudulent' responses
Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwjxx5eyn1o
Fact-Check Results
“A report claiming the number of young people attending church in England and Wales had skyrocketed has been retracted”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute the retraction claim
“The original report claimed to show that 4% of 18-24 year olds surveyed in 2018 told YouGov they were Christian and went to church at least once a month, rising to 16% by 2024”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify the specific statistics cited
“YouGov found that some respondents were 'fraudulent'”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm fraudulent response claims
“Quality control measures were not applied due to human error”
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— No evidence found in archive to assess quality control implementation
“600 people attended a church conference in Woking called 'turning up the volume on the Quiet Revival'”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify conference attendance numbers
“Results from the British Social Attitudes Survey and the Church of England's figures show a long-term decline in church attendance”
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— No evidence found in archive to corroborate long-term attendance trends
“YouGov's methodology left it vulnerable to 'bogus respondents'”
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— No evidence found in archive to evaluate methodology vulnerabilities
“Tools meant to eliminate data from bogus respondents were not administered optimally”
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— No evidence found in archive to assess tool implementation
“Professor David Voas warned the Bible Society about data problems for over a year”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Professor Voas' warnings