(04-29-2021 11:36 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(04-29-2021 11:16 AM)jedclampett Wrote:  It shows that, even with the 2014 "outliers" trimmed out:

1) the AAC was a clear-cut "tweener" from 2015-2020

A tweener, but one clearly closer to the Gs than the Ps.

The graph may be perceived in different ways by different people, but the numbers make it clear that the AAC was a true - nearly perfect tweener between 2015 and 2020.

Specifically, the trendlines in the 2015-2020 graph show that the AAC's mid-point to be about 70, which is almost exactly half-way between the mid-point of the P5s (about 50) and the mid-point of the G4s (about 90).


It's only in the later years of the graph that 3 of the G4 conferences have started to catch up with the AAC in the rankings.

There are optical illusions, such as the Muller-Lyer illusion that can affect such visual comparisons (see figure below).