Comments on: Percent change: Know the formula http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2009/10/14/percent-change-the-formula/ Data, journalism, code & life Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thisoldsoul http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2009/10/14/percent-change-the-formula/comment-page-1/#comment-9 thisoldsoul Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:40:21 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=110#comment-9 I'm glad I remembered how to do this type of problem! I’m glad I remembered how to do this type of problem!

]]> By: Greg http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2009/10/14/percent-change-the-formula/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Greg Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:25:32 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=110#comment-8 It amazes me that kids come through 12 to 16 years of academics with no understanding of statistics at all, which greatly hampers your ability to make sense of the world. I take every opportunity to use and explain things like "right edge of the bell curve" and "two standard deviations" and go over ways to interpret raw data with the kids... Invaluable tools mental modeling and turning "knowledge" into "wisdom." It amazes me that kids come through 12 to 16 years of academics with no understanding of statistics at all, which greatly hampers your ability to make sense of the world. I take every opportunity to use and explain things like “right edge of the bell curve” and “two standard deviations” and go over ways to interpret raw data with the kids… Invaluable tools mental modeling and turning “knowledge” into “wisdom.”

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2009/10/14/percent-change-the-formula/comment-page-1/#comment-7 uberVU - social comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:43:53 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=110#comment-7 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by seattlesketcher: A math formula every journalist should know (via @TonyDB) http://bit.ly/1KNNyq... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Gabriel Campanario http://www.anthonydebarros.com/2009/10/14/percent-change-the-formula/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Gabriel Campanario Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:00:38 +0000 http://www.anthonydebarros.com/?p=110#comment-6 my math-savvy wife was just explaining this to me the other day, now i can bookmark your post so I'll never have to ask her again. great site Tony, added to my google reader! my math-savvy wife was just explaining this to me the other day, now i can bookmark your post so I’ll never have to ask her again. great site Tony, added to my google reader!

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