why I am not a mathematician
Jan. 5th, 2009 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dchenesI was just reading something that said, basically, "X is one and a half times more likely to happen than Y". I have a hard time figuring out what that means. I would understand if it said "X is likely to happen N% more than Y".
So if Y happens 10 times, X happens 15 times, and X+Y = 25. Therefore X happens 60% of the time. Is that right?
So if Y happens 10 times, X happens 15 times, and X+Y = 25. Therefore X happens 60% of the time. Is that right?
