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Sing it along with me: If you are told the percentage increase, check the absolute increase; Aaaaand if you are told the absolute increase, check the percenta
by csours 8y ago
Sing it along with me:
If you are told the percentage increase, check the absolute increase;
Aaaaand if you are told the absolute increase, check the percentage increase!
- everdev 8y agoYes, our newborn was our fastest growing child for a long time! In fact, his growth outpaced all other children we knew going all the way back until the previous child was born. Adjusted for "inflation" though, I'm told it was only average growth.
- TremendousJudge 8y agorelevant, as always: https://xkcd.com/1102/ https://xkcd.com/1102/
- davidsawyer 8y agoAnd if you're told something "increased by 150%", for example, make sure it really is 150% and not just 50%.
- WhompingWindows 8y agoGenerally speaking, you'll want to present both. "From 6th to 7th grade, I went from 200 cm to 205 cm in height, a 2.5% increase." Otherwise, as you say, people will ask for N= or for %, or even starting asking for median IQR and statistical tests of difference. I do tire of oversimplistic analyses in popular media which present whichever one of the above measures is most in line with their narrative.
- ido 8y agoThat's a very tall 12 year old!
- danieltillett 8y agoIt could be the GP is just very slow and was still in 6th grade as a 16 year old :)