On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 02:11:50PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
>
> Interestingly, I just heard on the radio that Toyota saw sales jump 40% 
> over the past short while.

Ah, but 40% up from what?

If sales had previously fallen off by 60%, say, from an earlier period,
then an increase of 40% from that would still only leave sales at a little
over half (56%) of the former level.

Mark Twain had it right when it came to statistics.


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