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" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ah! That is interesting! >> > ... >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
