Percentage represented on average

When you have a percentage represented by an average, some people can’t figure it out and it bugs them.

• For example, if the choice is 0 or 1, the average of the answers and the “percentage of those who are 1” are equal.

Examples of Bugs

• If the mean is p

  • My case is bigger than p.”
    • You don’t understand that we’re talking about percentages, not “all people are p

• human bug

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