Jul 1, 2008

Percentage Problems

Here is a news item from Washington. By AFP. Published in The Hindu on 28.6.2008
Do genes affect voter behaviour ?

Genes play a role in voter behaviour, determining whether people tend to vote in elections or not, according to a U.S. study released this week.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego studied the voter turnout patterns of neary 1200 twins and found that genes were a key factor for more than half of them (53 percent)"

Am I missing something ? If genes were key factor for 53% people and not so key for 47% people, then it is not a key factor influencing the behaviour for the entire population, isn't it ?

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