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The plots would be more meaningful in logarithmic form.
by ISL 13y ago
The plots would be more meaningful in logarithmic form.
- VMG 13y agowhy?
- srl 13y agoBecause a change from $1 to $5 USD/btc is much larger than a change from $101 to $105 USD/btc. They needed two plots to show activity at two different orders of magnitude - that's the symptom. One plot with a logarithmic y axis would probably be a much better visualization.
- hammock 13y agoFor some purposes, maybe. However, the story here is simply whether/when the price goes up and down. For that a normal scale suffices. It's also more accessible to the average reader. Source: I present data and charts to a variety of audiences for a living