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muriel_volestrangler

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45. " When the increments are regular, it is easy to assess as regular"

Wed May 18, 2016, 06:11 PM

May 2016

Right, so the scale is linear, and easy to assess as such. That is therefore the only scale that will allow decent assessment of variations. By definition because any other scale would distort a regular increment.

No, you'd like to think you write carefully.

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You've agreed that there aren't 'perceptual overlays' for the linear radial plot muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #43

No, I have NOT agreed. Please read more carefully. I write carefully. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #44

" When the increments are regular, it is easy to assess as regular" muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #45

I wrote carefully. I carefully limited the ease of assessment to regular increments. ONLY. Bernardo de La Paz May 2016 #46

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