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ELI5: What does "a 73% average decline in wildlife populations since 1970" mean? (ourworldindata.org)
submitted 5 days ago by Artisian@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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I understand that it does not mean

this doesn’t mean 73% of populations are in decline; in fact, around half of the studied populations were in decline, while half were either increasing or stable.

Maybe I should ask why the LPI report uses such a weird number instead?

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[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I appreciate this reply with the exception that it doesn't discuss geometric vs linear average, but perhaps I'm just thinking of %'s badly?