Talk:TASIS England
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Confusing / unclear statement
"TASIS England's faculty student ratio is 1:5"
1 what to 5 what? 86.160.95.7 (talk) 17:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- It's right there in the statement you quoted... 1 faculty to 5 students AKA a faculty student ratio. Cristiano Tomás (talk) 17:56, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
That's what I suspected had been meant, but it was not clear. The word, "to" had been omitted and, without that word, "faculty student ratio" could have referred to other things. Your interpretation requires an assumption about what it actually refers to. E.g. given that "faculty" often (usually?) refers to a subject or department within an educational institution, rather than a count of staff (or students) within that department, it is possible that the whole statement could mean something like, the ratio within the department of, say, girls to boys. Or it might've referred to some other ratio within the department compared to that within another department.
An encyclopaedia, in particular, should use language precisely and not permit ambiguity or unclarity.
The simple, linguistically and mathematically appropriate, way to avoid such confusion is by precise use of language. A ratio is a mathematical relationship between two or more particular quantities. For completeness and clarity it is essential that those quantities are specified and that the reader is not left to guess or assume what they are.
Also, as indicated above, use of the word "faculty" to refer to a count of staff within a faculty night be a common usage in some contexts, but it is not the only usage. Thus the more complete, precise specification of the idea intended to be conveyed by the word must be stated explicitly and not left to individual interpretation to avoid the likelihood of confusion or the risk of misinterpretation.
I will assume that your interpretation (or assumption or guess) about the specific quantities involved in the ratio is correct and adjust the language accordingly. 86.160.95.7 (talk) 00:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)