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The difference between "percentage" and "percentage points".

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Post by hello-kitty-senpai: Here's the thing you gotta understand about statistics. "Increases your chances by 80%" does not mean "there is now an 80% chance". If your chances were previously 10%, your chances are now 18%, not 90% [or 80%]. If your chances were roughly 1%, they are now just slightly less than 2%. That's how it works.
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
kennypeng.bsky.social
There is heterogeneity in what the model recommends. Black and Hispanic students would benefit more relatively from reaching higher in earlier positions. White and Asian students would benefit more relatively from listing a safer option later. There is substantial heterogeneity within groups.
Recommended changes to portfolios differ substantiallyacross demographic groups. For example, the dark blue rectangle in therecommendations for Hispanic students indicates that about 3,000 suchstudents would be most helped (concerning match offer rate in expectation)by changing their first-ranked program to one that has about 50 percentagepoints lower offer rate. Asian and white students are relatively more likely tobenefit from applying to less selective programs later in their list, whereas Blackand Hispanic students would primarily benefit from applying to more selective programs early in their lists.
August 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Representative David #valadao, an incumbent Republican who won his seat by seven percentagepoints in 2024,
is facing a competitive contest after California’s new maps created a tossup district that is estimated to have voted for Trump by only two points in 2024.

Valadao advanced to the general […]
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June 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
fintwitter.bsky.social
UK'S OFFICE FOR BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY OUTLOOK: REAL GDP IS FORECAST TO GROW BY 1.5 PER CENT ON AVERAGE OVER THE FORECAST, 0.3 PERCENTAGEPOINTS SLOWER THAN WE PROJECTED IN MARCH, DUE TO LOWER UNDERLYING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
fintwitter.bsky.social
UK'S OFFICE FOR BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY OUTLOOK: REAL GDP IS FORECAST TO GROW BY 1.5 PER CENT ON AVERAGE OVER THE FORECAST, 0.3 PERCENTAGEPOINTS SLOWER THAN WE PROJECTED IN MARCH, DUE TO LOWER UNDERLYING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM