The use of logarithmic transformation and numerical derivatives for business performance data

• Main Authors: Troutt, Marvin D., Tadisina, Suresh K., Wilson, Harold K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia 1995
• Subjects: QA Mathematics
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/894/1/Marvin_D._Troutt.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/894/; http://mmj.uum.edu.my
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The value of plotting business performance data over time on a semi-logarithmic graph has been advocated, but in a somewhat off-hand and intuitive way. While examples have been discussed, no mathematical justification has been given. In this paper, we give such a justification in order to underscore...