Comment on Percentages
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoMaybe I’m understanding wrong but a decrease in the rate would be the derivative of a decrease. Aka the slow of the line. So if you are decreasing at -x. Rate of decrease is -1.
Unless I follow your wording incorrectly. Obviously it isn’t always so nice of a function in real stats
candybrie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think it’s more y=5x and then y=3x, so you’re still increasing, but the rate of increase has decreased.
callouscomic@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
This is exactly the issue that happens. They write things out narratively like a decrease happened, which would cause some panic in certain groups we work with, and then they would argue when we requested they fix it to represent a decrease in the rate of increase, or a slower/lower increase than prior, or however they wanna say it. But it certainly didn’t decrease.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
So the derivative of the derivative, lol. It goes all the way down in math, physics though, that guys a jerk. (Sorry for the bad joke)