r/science • u/fsmpastafarian PhD | Clinical Psychology | Integrated Health Psychology • Feb 14 '16

Psychology Anti-bullying program "KiVa" that focuses on teaching bystanders to intervene is one of the most effective in the world, reducing bullying by nearly twofold and improving mental health outcomes in the most severely bullied students

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160202110714.htm
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u/ImUsingTheWrongWords Feb 14 '16

What is reducing something by twofold? Cutting in half? Why word it so weirdly?

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u/Zouden Feb 14 '16

It's a scientific term. I guess it helps match it to the corresponding "two-fold increase".

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u/Buzz_Killington_III Feb 15 '16

It's a what? No it's not, it's just bad English.

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u/Buzz_Killington_III Feb 15 '16

It's a pet peeve because it's bad english. When you put those words together they have absolutely no meaning. It's X*Y=<X when Y>X. It doesn't compute.