Comparison Percent Calculation Incorrect? about qnspect HOT 6 CLOSED

Sure, A vs B is ok, but then the equation becomes 100 * (A - B)/B. That way, if there if A DECREASED, the percentage is negative; if A increased, the percentage is positive.

I would like to stick with that usage: negative means a decrease, that is what we've trained users to expect. Think of it as the change from some original state to a new state. The percent change would be: 100 * (New - Original) / Original, and our naming convention would be New vs Original.

In the current code, I just think the denominator is wrong; it should be B.

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Good catch, the formula should be 100 * (B - A)/ A which is the change from A to B:

The results using your numbers would then be: [[-20%, 100%]], a decrease to 20% for the first element, and a increase of 100% for the second.

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Oops, [[-80%, 100%]]. math is hard.

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Since, our Results Group name is A vs B I think what we have might already be correct.
A is 80% greater than B, A is 100% smaller than B.

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If we change the formula it will be
B is 80% less than A and B is 100% more than A

What do you think will be better considering our group name A vs B? I think it is just a way of interpretation but thinking about it more I like the first one.

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Ok 100 * (A - B)/B makes much more sense. Glad we caught this. Is this the same what OpenNSPECT had or is it different?

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It should be the same.

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