tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457724033799683525.post7277271816568314944..comments2024-01-22T15:20:38.783+02:00Comments on Alwayswriteagain: The Arithmetic of AutismNatalie Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782295299918125923noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457724033799683525.post-77413326806856531202019-07-22T21:04:21.800+03:002019-07-22T21:04:21.800+03:00QUOTE: > "1 in 59 = 1.69% and 1 in 68 = 1....QUOTE: > "1 in 59 = 1.69% and 1 in 68 = 1.47%, <br />equating to a rise of only 0.22%." <br /><br />I think that the intention (behind ever saying << "a 15 percent <br />increase over 2012” >>), was ... to regard <br />"a rise of [...] 0.22%" as ... being about <br />15 percent <b>of ...</b> [the 2012 figure, of] "1.47%". <br /><br />I realize that ... this might make it seem as though we are talking <br />about a percentage of something <br />which ... <b>itself</b> is already a percentage. <br />Yes! That is right. <br /><br />Could that be <i>confusing</i>? <br />I think so. <br />I think that (to some persons), it <b>could be</b> confusing.Mike Schwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04856411754361056122noreply@blogger.com