This sentence doesn't make sense to me

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• Espresso Posts: 18,047

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  19/05/14 - 18:43 #2

  One in ten is more than eight in ten is it?
  Not when I went to school.

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• Relly Posts: 3,469

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  19/05/14 - 18:43 #3

  I'm prepared to be corrected, but I think you're right. Firstly, "one in 10 respondents" surely means "all respondents", so the "four in five of males" doesn't fit anyway. Secondly, assuming the "all respondents" is a proofing error and actually means "one in 10 of females", then 1 in 10 is 10%, whilst 4 in 5 is 80%. What the actual? I can't fit my head around it.

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• Regis Magnae Posts: 6,810

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  19/05/14 - 18:50 #4

  Relly wrote: »

  I'm prepared to be corrected, but I think you're right. Firstly, "one in 10 respondents" surely means "all respondents", so the "four in five of males" doesn't fit anyway. Secondly, assuming the "all respondents" is a proofing error and actually means "one in 10 of females", then 1 in 10 is 10%, whilst 4 in 5 is 80%. What the actual? I can't fit my head around it.

  
  It's not just me then. Good to know.

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• rupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975

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  19/05/14 - 18:57 #5

  'The 'more' is relative. It's calling the women slags

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• CravenHaven Posts: 13,953

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  19/05/14 - 18:58 #6

  that's a lot of STIs still going. I thought the turbo units always packed up.

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• marjangles Posts: 9,666

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  19/05/14 - 19:07 #7

  Regis Magnae wrote: »

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/19/one-10-students-lost-virginity-aged-14-younger_n_5350606.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
  
  
  
  Am I going nuts or does that not make sense?

  
  It absolutely doesn't make sense, someone didn't do their proof reading. According to the Student Beans website 8% of guys admitted to an std compared to 10% of girls. Where they got four out of five from I don't know unless they meant four out of fifty.

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