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speeder on Feb 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Etsy Grew their Number of Female Engineers by ...

How eighteen percent is four and a half time?

four a half is 450%... ???

Can someone clarify to me?

niggler on Feb 6, 2013 [–]

Different denominator.

If they went from 1 to 6 girls it would be 500% increase

If they hired 1 girl last year and 6 girls this year, regardless of the total number of boys and girls at the company, it would be a 500% increase.

Basically, semantic games

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