+28 Percentages (50%) are less intuitive and worse than proportions (.5). amirite?

by quigleyakeem 2 months ago

50 percent is 50 per 100 which is half. So is .5. Percent literally means per cent, and cent is 100.

by Anonymous 2 months ago

1/100000000000000000000000 is how much I care about your opinion. Give or take .9572747274737 of the whole number.

by Legitimate-Deal 2 months ago

"eight hundredths of houses in the metropolitan area have a maintenance backlog." VS "Eight percent of houses in the metropolitan area have a maintenance backlog" I prefer the latter in this case. "Half of the houses in the metropolitan area have a maintenance backlog" Vs " fifty percent of the houses in the metropolitan area have a maintenance backlog" I prefer the former in this case. 🤷🏻

by Lennathiel 2 months ago

I agree. I have to calculate percentages often enough to use this in my regular basis.

by Mpagac 2 months ago

50%=0,5=50/100=23/46 It's all just the same

by Anonymous 2 months ago

They are literally the same thing my dude. Just different ways of stating the same info. Neither is a one size fits all solution.

by Every_Quality29 2 months ago