tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post7970158743144956668..comments2024-03-26T19:10:00.791-04:00Comments on West Coast Stat Views (on Observational Epidemiology and more): Grade InflationJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760453165301871031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-86793287139425731802011-07-15T14:53:53.095-04:002011-07-15T14:53:53.095-04:00I can't see any good reason for the curves eit...I can't see any good reason for the curves either, so, yeah, this looks like a case of bad graphing options in Excel. You see this a lot in corporate presentations.<br /><br />On a related topic, I don't care for the wording "function of time" here. "By time" or "broken down by time" would be simpler and more accurate.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705408455380402571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6976144462093297473.post-56635988577728680402011-07-15T10:52:48.263-04:002011-07-15T10:52:48.263-04:00These curvy lines seem a bit misleading to me. Ar...These curvy lines seem a bit misleading to me. Are they some sort of automatic curve interpolation from Excel?Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.com