Some times it is useful to avoid the term percent without a modifier. It sometimes help to distinguish "percentage points" and "percents of". this would mean that there was "a 29 percentage point increase" vs x increased 29% over what it had been. This puts some of the context back into a statement.
I think it was Paulos (maybe someone else) who called this the "floating percent" problem. Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] Social Research Consultants University Park, MD USA (301) 864-5570 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
