Antoon Pardon schreef: > On 2007-04-19, Wayne Brehaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So the remark that " a steep learning curve means that the subject is >> easily familiarized and that the learning period is short" is >> completely incorrect on two points (i.e., all points that are >> relevant): first, steep always implies much to learn in a relatively >> short time (what else could the slope of a curve possibly mean >> "mathematicallY" or logically?); > > No it doesn't imply that at all. A learning curve doesn't show some > goal of a person who was given just so much time to familiarize himself > with some material. A learning curve shows the progres that is made > in familiarizing one self while studying. A steep curve means a > lot of actual learning in a short time.
>> A learning curve is conventionally the graph of a function of >> "quantity to be learned" vs. time, > No it doesn't. A learning curve is the graph that somehow quantifies > what is actually learned vs time. Do you have any reference to back that up? As I understand it, a learning curve plots the learning effort vs. the progress made. A steep learning curve means you need to learn a lot in order to make a little progress. -- If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton Roel Schroeven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list