Dialogue 1
A：Sometimes these statistical reports don’t even seem like their written in English. Take this sentence for example, “In the sample group consisting of 500 respondents, two out of every three households interviewed fell flow the median level, while control group yielded an average of 62% infiltration.” What are they talking about?
有时这些统计报告甚至看起来不像是用英语写的。以这句话为例，“在由500名受访者组成的样本组中，每三个受访家庭中就有两个下降到中等水平，而对照组的平均渗透率为62%。”他们到底想说什么？
B：It’s not as confusing as you think. The sample group is made up of people you are studying, they are the ones who have filled out the surveys and handed in the rough data. The control group is a standard group that you can compare against. Average means the level that most people are at. Infiltration is just whether or not they have heard of our product.
这并不像你想的那么令人困惑。调查组包括你在调查研究的人，他们已经填写了调查并提交了大致的数据。对照组是一个可以比较的标准组。平均是指大多数人所处的水平。渗透只是指他们是否听说过我们的产品。
A：So what about this sentence, “Nearly one third of respondents ranked in the 25th percentile nationwide, while less than 2% ranked in the top 5 percentile”?
那么这句话呢，“近三分之一的参与者在全国的排名是百分位的第25个，而不到2%的人排在百分位的前第5位”?
B：You are getting bogged down with the word. Think of it this way, respondents are the people who responded to your surveys. So 1/3 of the people are considered top 25% on a national standard. In this same group of people, fewer than 2% ranked in the top 5% nationally. Does that make more sense to you now?
你是被这些词弄糊涂了。这样想吧，参与者就是对你的调查做出回应的人。因此，就全国水平来看，那些人中有三分之一的人被视为前25%。在同一组人中，只有不到2%的人在全国排名前5%。现在是不是更明白了？
A：I guess so …..Too many numbers….Too many words….
我想是这样，太多的数字，太多的术语
Dialogue 2
A：I’d like to go over the statistical report with you. If that’s alright?
B：No problem. Take a look. Here the first page.
A：According to this report, 30% of our viewers have a median income of more than 40K annually. Is that accurate？
B：Yes, if you look at the pie chart here, you’ll see that 30% are in the above 40K category, 20% are between 35 and 40K, and 50% fall blew 35K.
A：What percentage of customers come from households with children?
B：Nearly 75% of our customer base comes from childless households. Only 25% of respondents reported having children.
A：What was the ratio of single versus married?
B：There was a clear cut 50-50 on married status.
A： 我想和你一起看一下统计报告。如果可以的话？
B： 没问题。看一看。这里是第一页
A： 根据这份报告，30%的观众是中等收入，年平均收入超过4万美元。这准确吗
B： 准确，看一下这里的饼图，你会发现30%的人属于4万美元以上的一类中，20%在3万5到4万美元之间，50%在3万5美元之下。
A： 那些顾客中与孩子的家庭占比是多少？
B： 近75%的客户都没有孩子，只有25%的受访者表示有孩子。
A： 单身与已婚的比例是多少？
B： 婚姻状况的分界线非常清楚，各占50%。
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