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Hi,
Sometimes I get confused about the right way to describe a phenomenon. Consider the following examples.
Example 1: I have a 1% conversion rate on 100,000 visitors, i.e I get 1,000 customers for every 100,000 visitors. I change something and I get it up to 2% on the next 100,000 visitors, i.e. 2,000 customers.
Which is a better description?
1. I doubled my conversion rate or
2. I increased my conversion rate by 1%
Example 2. A hotel has 300 rooms. On day 1, they had 70% (or 210) rooms occupied and on day 2 they had 90% (or 270) rooms occupied. Which is a better description?
3. Occupancy increased by 29% (from 210 to 270)
4. Occupancy increased by 20% from 70% to 90%
Thanks,
MG.
Sometimes I get confused about the right way to describe a phenomenon. Consider the following examples.
Example 1: I have a 1% conversion rate on 100,000 visitors, i.e I get 1,000 customers for every 100,000 visitors. I change something and I get it up to 2% on the next 100,000 visitors, i.e. 2,000 customers.
Which is a better description?
1. I doubled my conversion rate or
2. I increased my conversion rate by 1%
Example 2. A hotel has 300 rooms. On day 1, they had 70% (or 210) rooms occupied and on day 2 they had 90% (or 270) rooms occupied. Which is a better description?
3. Occupancy increased by 29% (from 210 to 270)
4. Occupancy increased by 20% from 70% to 90%
Thanks,
MG.