As usual .. an interesting writeup on this in Wikipedia ..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve
Apparently there is some disagreement over this one [according to the
author].
Cheers!
...scott
Deirdre Reagan wrote:
> Thank you for that lesson, Richard. I had no idea.
>
> Deirdre
>
> On 4/30/08, Combs, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> We're professional communicators, right? Can we please stop contributing
>> to the misuse and misunderstanding of "learning curve"?
>>
>> A steep learning curve is one on which you acquire lots of knowledge (Y
>> axis) in a short period of time (X axis). Something that takes a long
>> time to learn has a shallow (or long) learning curve.
>>
>> Pedantically yours,
>> Richard
>>
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