The same author calculates the "degree ROI" of higher education by dividing the first-year salary by the annual tuition so the overall mathematical rigor is, to use the article's terminology, unremarkable.
Re:Unremarkables
by ALittleLight on Saturday January 04, 2020 @01:10PM
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And the comparison over time is between the author's offered salary at graduation in 90 versus the median salary today.
Re:Unremarkables
by kevlawrence on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:17AM
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The point was to show the difference in rate of increase. Sure, he could have used two scales. I think the graph still gets the point across.
Re:Unremarkables
by Waterluvian on Saturday January 04, 2020 @12:45PM
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No, it's an animated graph that changes scale. Shows how one is flat despite the other growing a lot.
That would be the case if the author had made the two lines start at the same place on the graph. But instead the author has the minimum wage line shrink down with the scale as the NASDAQ line appears.
Re:Unremarkables
by anotheryou on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:19PM
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it's a joke to make a point
Comparing relative changes is reasonable, but comparing $7.25 to NASDAQ 9,000 is nonsensical.