T. Ryan Gregory, in a fit of logodaedaly*, has coined the term "Dog's Ass Plots" to indicate figures with unlabeled axes and clear yet unjustified assumptions about complexity.
* capricious coinage of words
Elsewhere: Dog's Ass Plots (DAPs). : What's wrong with this figure? : Genome Size, Complexity, and the C-Value Paradox : Ladders and cranes everywhere! : Worst Figure Yet : On the lookout for DAPs! : Logodaedalic Gregory [Pharyngula] : Proof that introns are functional... come again? :
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Dog's Ass Plots
posted 12/20/2007 11:08:00 PM
Labels: complexity, Dog's Ass Plots, logodaedaly, neologisms
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