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And of course the inverse of a flat curve (assuming it is an invertible function) always is a steep curve. So steepness or flatness depends on your choice of axes. If you plot "amount to be learned" on the x-axis and "time needed" on the y-axis, you also get a steep curve.
On 12/13/2010 10:05 AM, Jari Oksanen wrote:
On 13/12/10 10:56 AM, "Philippe Grosjean" <phgrosjean at sciviews.org> wrote:
Ah! That is interesting!
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Otherwise, I am always amazed that people could use a metaphor like here, a reference to the shape of a curve on a graph, without even knowing what exactly are the X- and Y-axes. Shame on us!
Nothing to be ashamed of: We all know what is steep even if we cannot graph it. I just wonder why the other supposed "misuse" was completely ignored in this thread: there are many things in R that are "begging the question" but nobody dares to ask. Cheers, Jari Oksanen
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