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by DanBC 4254 days ago
Replying to an old comment:

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.