Post by hello-kitty-senpai: Here's the thing you gotta understand about statistics. "Increases your chances by 80%" does not mean "there is now an 80% chance". If your chances were previously 10%, your chances are now 18%, not 90% [or 80%]. If your chances were roughly 1%, they are now just slightly less than 2%. That's how it works.

The difference between "percentage" and "percentage points".

#percent #percentage #percentagepoints #mathematics #Purplemath

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@ketanjoshi.co The ambiguities of percentages. Does this mean they missed their target by 7% of the target, i.e achieving 19.53% instead of 21%? That would class as a very good effort. Or does it mean they missed by 7 percentage points, achieving 14% instead of 21%. While much better than […]