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Except that literally the next paragraph has a bunch of percentage comparisons (as does the preceding paragraph). These aren't cherrypicked stats; the article c
by maldusiecle 11y ago
Except that literally the next paragraph has a bunch of percentage comparisons (as does the preceding paragraph). These aren't cherrypicked stats; the article cites a range of comparisons to create a broad, meaningful picture of the situation.
But yes, by all means, dismiss a long and carefully researched article because it irks you the way a single figure is cited.
- strictnein 11y agoSo then we agree that they should have also provided a percentage along side the (meaningless without context) absolute value. But my point was about articles in general that do these sort of absolute value comparisons without providing any context, which is what I wrote.