You're right. I tend to not change the numbers when I quote them. That makes it easier for people to check that I am accurately reporting from the source rather than just pulling a narrow - wrong - interpretation.
Statistics are tricky. One source of error is to misquote a statistic, or to give it a different context. Thus, I try to avoid doing that.
You're right. I tend to not change the numbers when I quote them. That makes it easier for people to check that I am accurately reporting from the source rather than just pulling a narrow - wrong - interpretation.
Statistics are tricky. One source of error is to misquote a statistic, or to give it a different context. Thus, I try to avoid doing that.