Closed brendano closed 8 years ago
scaling issue. not bug. good argument for rethinking the scale (not saying we necessarily need to worry about it, at least in the next month)
the solutions we briefly discussed included
one comment, having tried out sqrt scaling.... Sqrt scaling squishes big counts more than small counts -- so small counts seem bigger on the overall Y scale. Advantage v. linear scaling: you can see small counts more easily. Disadvantage v. linear scaling: linear scaling tends to hide small counts, which gives a sort of visual smoothing effect. W/ linear scaling: it's easier to see "events" (bunches of big counts all together). This is probably turkable, altho perhaps not for this paper.
ah interesting. yeah could try the whole "Tukey's ladder" of transformations. next paper or two away
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one comment, having tried out sqrt scaling.... Sqrt scaling squishes big counts more than small counts -- so small counts seem bigger on the overall Y scale. Advantage v. linear scaling: you can see small counts more easily. Disadvantage v. linear scaling: linear scaling tends to hide small counts, which gives a sort of visual smoothing effect. W/ linear scaling: it's easier to see "events" (bunches of big counts all together). This is probably turkable, altho perhaps not for this paper.
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I actually think linear scale is better -- at least for Rookie newbies. it makes things more event-y. you know where to look. 8/3/16 user studies.