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The Grade / Alexander Russo / Aug 31, 2020
“Don’t just give readers a raw number without telling them the larger context. Don’t just give them a percentage increase without telling them the raw numbers, either. Without numerical context, readers may make mistaken assumptions about the situation. Polls and other forms of data can also tell us more than anecdotes, which should be the color around real data.”
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