ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoJust a theory but I'm also 100% sure it's truelemmy.curiana.netimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down115
arrow-up1360arrow-down1imageJust a theory but I'm also 100% sure it's truelemmy.curiana.netExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareBenjiRenji@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agodB is already log scale
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agomeanwhile IQ is not linear or log
minus-squareBenjiRenji@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoTrue. It’s a Z-score measuring deviation from the mean. A step of one point somewhere on the scale just makes a statement about the relative rareity and not about a set amount of “intelligence” you have more or less than someone else.
minus-squareSasquatch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoBoring response: I mean, dB is calculated as a function of log, but when it’s on the X axis I imagine it’s typically displayed linearly Funny response: loglog
minus-squareBenjiRenji@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoLoglog is what came to my mind as well.
dB is already log scale
meanwhile IQ is not linear or log
True. It’s a Z-score measuring deviation from the mean. A step of one point somewhere on the scale just makes a statement about the relative rareity and not about a set amount of “intelligence” you have more or less than someone else.
Boring response: I mean, dB is calculated as a function of log, but when it’s on the X axis I imagine it’s typically displayed linearly
Funny response: loglog
Loglog is what came to my mind as well.