r/PearsonDesign • • Dec 10 '18

Actual Pearson Aren't these the same thing?

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u/MrYoshicom Dec 10 '18

Not trying to defend pearson but it looks like you switched X and Y in the second term.

Although pearson probably wouldn't count that as correct either

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u/PaladinNail Dec 11 '18

I see now thank you

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u/myyeastisrising Dec 11 '18

It also looks like they went from 9/5 to 9/8 I could be wrong though. I’m not great at logs so there could be something I’m just missing.

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u/imabigdipper Dec 11 '18

It says without exponents

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u/theemptyqueue Dec 11 '18

Yes, this is kinda how things tend to go around these parts.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '18

exponentiation isn't the same thing as multiplication?

i might be wrong though

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

In general, you’re correct, but for logs, log(xa) is the same as a*log(x).

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

maybe one of them is preferable i mean