Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:50:49 -0400
From: Samuel Lubell <samlubell at verizon.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Three bugs today
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Either one student went to two-year college while the others went to
four year schools or one went to college part time while the others
went full time.

At 11:28 PM 7/20/2006, you wrote:

>On Jul 20, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>
> > One transcript I proofread today included the claim that of a high
> > school graduating class of 36, 93% had gone on to college.  What is
> > wrong with this picture?  (Other than the fact that I have no venue
> > to comment on its bogosity.)
>
>33/36 = .91666666... which rounds to 92%.
>33/36 = .94444444... which rounds to 94%.
>
>If 33.5 students had gone on to college, that statement would make
>sense.
>Where do you get .5 of a student?  Have you read "The Phantom
>Tollbooth"?