<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680118.post8151974212598024024..comments</id><updated>2008-10-13T20:33:57.967-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Russell's Blog: must see chart</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rbt1979.blogspot.com/feeds/8151974212598024024/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680118/8151974212598024024/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rbt1979.blogspot.com/2008/09/must-see-chart.html'/><author><name>Russell</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11030637582155193885</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680118.post-2112354092158821309</id><published>2008-10-13T20:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T20:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When I saw that bottom line with the "average" cut...</title><content type='html'>When I saw that bottom line with the "average" cut (-2% by McCain, -0.3% by Obama), it reminds me of how math can be used correctly and incorrectly to say or imply misleading things. Just last week in class I talked about how you can't just compare a change in big numbers straight up with a change in small numbers; you should use a weighted average.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680118/8151974212598024024/comments/default/2112354092158821309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680118/8151974212598024024/comments/default/2112354092158821309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rbt1979.blogspot.com/2008/09/must-see-chart.html?showComment=1223944380000#c2112354092158821309' title=''/><author><name>Keith</name><uri>http://keith-lee.livejournal.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://rbt1979.blogspot.com/2008/09/must-see-chart.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6680118.post-8151974212598024024' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6680118/posts/default/8151974212598024024' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>