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[UK webinar] The UK’s best QSR brands: who’s winning in 2026

Join the session where YouGov experts will reveal the latest data behind the UK's top QSR brands. Register today.

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The webinar is about the UK's top QSR brands. QSR stands for Quick Service Restaurant. If a survey found that 4 out of the top 10 brands were burger chains, what fraction of the top brands is that?

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If a YouGov expert states that a particular QSR brand has a positive opinion score of +42, what does this number likely represent?

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If 250 people register for the webinar and 12% are from London, how many registrants are from London?

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Britons increasingly negative about the United States’ impact on the world

68% of Britons see the US as having a negative impact on the world, up from 57% in January

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An investigation reviews the results of a study. If a study surveyed 1200 people and the investigation re-checked 25% of the responses, how many responses were re-checked?

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If the original study concluded that 40% of respondents agreed with a statement, and upon review this was found to be accurately calculated from the data, what number of people in the 1200 sample does that 40% represent?

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A review checks for errors. If 5 errors were found in the re-checked 300 responses, what is the error rate as a percentage of the re-checked sample? Round to one decimal place.

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What do the public say about Keir Starmer’s handling of Britain’s response the US-Iran conflict?

Those who think Starmer is doing well are pleased he has kept us out of the conflict; those who say he has done badly often criticise the PM’s indecisiveness

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List every number in the headline and opening lines. Which look like raw measurements and which are interpretations?

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Invent one arithmetic question you could answer after reading the full article (use only numbers you expect to appear there).

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