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Linear vs. log scale

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 22:39:00 2020 No.11524070 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11524073 >>11524246 >>11524250

What does /sci/ prefer for showing cases of COVID-19 cases?

Linear or log scale?

And why?

A???n?on??y?mou?s??

A???n?on??y?mou?s?? Wed 01 Apr 2020 22:40:23 No.11524073 Report

Quoted By: >>11524246

>>11524070
You don't need a log scale.... yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2020 22:46:45 No.11524094 Report

Quoted By: >>11524188

@11524073
If I reply to you will I get "infected"? Is that how that shit works?

Anyway, I agree, I don't see the point of a log plot. But I'm sure some mathematicians on here can give some reasons why / situations when you'd want a log plot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2020 23:27:36 No.11524169 Report

Quoted By: >>11524177

Log foto scientific. Linear for fearmongering. Logistic curve for absolute chads

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Apr 2020 23:30:10 No.11524177 Report

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>>11524169
y tell theme next time the fake an log graph. i wounder anyway if this people can become smarter.

An?onymou?s

An?onymou?s Wed 01 Apr 2020 23:34:24 No.11524188 Report

Quoted By: >>11524253

>>11524094
>I don't see the point of a log plot
you can spot pretty easily if the spread rate is slowing down on a log scale - it's when the graph deviates from a straight line. on the other hand, on a linear scale the graph quickly curves upwards and it's not easy to tell what's happening with the infection rate, as even with the spread rate going down the daily cases might be increasing each day in absolute terms - which still shows up as an upward curve

Anon?ymou?s

Anon?ymou?s Thu 02 Apr 2020 00:02:38 No.11524246 Report

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>>11524070
>>11524073
log scale shows changes better. If the rate of increase goes up or down, a lot scale will show it better.

A?no?n?y??m??ou?s??

A?no?n?y??m??ou?s?? Thu 02 Apr 2020 00:04:26 No.11524250 Report

Quoted By: >>11524253

>>11524070
it doesnt matter. exponential on a linear scale is exponential, linear on a log scale is still exponential. as long as you know this it doesnt matter

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Apr 2020 00:06:46 No.11524253 Report

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>>11524250
it's easier to make sense of the data like >>11524188 said. Yes they show the same data but with a log scale it's significantly easier to judge how close growth is to being truly exponential

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