Post #69133
2025-12-16 12:41 UTC
So there were other options you mean? Like 0.5% couldn’t read, 0.5% drew a picture of a gun instead of answering, etc?
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@idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2025-12-16 13:50
0.5% strongly approve, rounds up to 1%. 39.5% somewhat approve, rounds up to 40%. The proportion of people who, to varying degrees, approve is then listed as 41%, because otherwise people would see it as them saying 1+40=40. People are going to say they don’t understand math either way, so they just need to pick a convention and stick to it.