Confusing to use percentages or percent points when comparing two percent figures.
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Matthew Hunt <m...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> You have a funny way of doing math. 100% is the total. > > No, he does math correctly, and knows the difference between > "percentage points" and "percent." > > 22% is 11 percentage points less than 33%. It is not 11% less. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
