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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Statistical Testing Tool - does this work for percents?</title><link>https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/discussion-forum/f/forum/699/statistical-testing-tool---does-this-work-for-percents</link><description> Hello, 
 I&amp;#39;m interested in using this Statistical Testing Tool ( https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance/statistical-testing-tool.html ) to compare &amp;#39;10-&amp;#39;14 to &amp;#39;15-&amp;#39;19, but for percentages rather than for estimates. The examples all show</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 11</generator><item><title>RE: Statistical Testing Tool - does this work for percents?</title><link>https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/thread/1687?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:09:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3e86467a-1916-4e54-a922-55a4945229ec:98a46e66-3eaf-423b-9e05-c7bd4b0145d1</guid><dc:creator>Diana Lavery</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much Mary!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Statistical Testing Tool - does this work for percents?</title><link>https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/thread/1683?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:08:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3e86467a-1916-4e54-a922-55a4945229ec:ed019497-c571-4861-aa69-61defd6826ec</guid><dc:creator>Mary Ana McKay</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The tool works for both number and percentage estimates. You do not have to separate the percentage into a numerator or denominator to test the significance. If the numerator and denominator are statistically different, it does not guarantee that the percentages would be significantly different.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>