Constantine Daskalakis
> 1. Whether one plots on the original or the log or whatever
> scale is NOT a
> whim but is dictated by how the audience understands the
> message. Plotting
> percentages on a log scale is kind of bizarre -- there is
> no intuitive
> scientific reason for doing it (as opposed to plotting,
> say, some assay
> values on a log scale, which people normally analyze on the
> log scale).
> Almost everyone would be puzzled by it.
To every rule here, there is an exception. If the percentage
was (% remaining of original) then looking at that on a log scale
against time is often not only legitimate, but also very sensible.
Think radioactive decay, etc., etc.
I agree that I would not plot log of % using PCs. A logit
scale, now...
Nick
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