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Logarithmic scale. On a logarithmic scale or graph, comparable percentage changes in the value of an investment, index, or average appear to be similar. However, the actual underlying change in value may be significantly different. For example, a stock whose price increases during the year from $25 to $50 a share has the same percentage change as a stock whose price increases from $100 to $200 a share. On a logarithmic scale, it's irrelevant that the dollar value of the second stock is four times the value of the first. Similarly, the percentage change in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) as it rose from 1,000 to 2,000 is comparable to the percentage change when it moved from 4,000 to 8,000. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The estimated correlation coefficient between the true and surrogate exposures on the log scale was 0. Changes resulting from changes in carbon black concentration are shown on a log scale. Enhancements include: report chaining, an application enabling users to specify second-level reports to support top-level TRENDsnmp tabular reports; log scale graphing, allowing users to display statistics with wide-ranging values on the same TRENDsnmp graphical report; and bitmap output, enabling report output in BMP and GIF format for web compatibility. |
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