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[–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Maybe I'm understanding wrong but a decrease in the rate would be the derivative of a decrease. Aka the slope of the line. So if you are decreasing at -x. Rate of decrease is -1.

Unless I follow your wording incorrectly. Obviously it isn't always so nice of a function in real stats. Is that what they are missing?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I think it's more y=5x and then y=3x, so you're still increasing, but the rate of increase has decreased. Versus y=-x where the function is now decreasing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    This is exactly the issue that happens. They write things out narratively like a decrease happened, which would cause some panic in certain groups we work with, and then they would argue when we requested they fix it to represent a decrease in the rate of increase, or a slower/lower increase than prior, or however they wanna say it. But it certainly didn't decrease.

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