Talk: Percent

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i like where this article is going. i'd like to see some examples how percentages can be misleading...how two opposite conclusions can be drawn from the same data...how politicians mislead the public. Kingturtle 07:11 Apr 13, 2003 (UTC)

about the "risen by 10%"

Percentages are always relative, because they are basically a type of fraction. Just because most people get it wrong, doesn't mean we should condone it. Financial reports always speak of "percent points" or just "points" or say what the rate changed to. -- Tarquin 16:33, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)

%10 or 10% ?

Am I the only one that likes to use the percentage sign before the number? Is there a general usage of the percentage sign? I know in html, if you want to use a space character in a link you would use something like %20 which has totally different meaning in that context (hexadecimal for 32, the ascii number for space). But I've always liked using the percentage sign before the number. It gives the reader a warning.. "beware, the number you are about to look at represents a fraction multiplied by 100". Otherwise, I think I tend to ignore the sign (or reverse it in my head if I do notice). But now that I've actually seen the preview, 10% looks more correct. Hmmm. -- Root4(one) Section 2.1. 19:51:24, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I've never seen that before (the prefix percent).  :-) - Omegatron 20:32, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)