Posted on 06/08/2004 5:45:53 PM PDT by Eurotwit
The graph is encouraging, but it contains some flaws that hamper it's percieved accuracy. I say percieved accuracy because the slope and amount of change in the graph has been exaggerated. For example, notice that between 0 and 26,260 is ONE graph unit, and 26,250 to 26,500 is also ONE unit. This is deliberately compiled in order to exaggerate the perception of the amount of change per unit on the X axis. This is called "suppression of the zero" . A more accurate and less misleading graph would have a linear scale to it. In essence, this graph shows us only the top 2 inches of columns that would be 10 feet long or more if the entire graph were shown.
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