>The chart is incomplete, and tells us very little, as it compares what
seems an average (a straight line for the "3x wash counts)  with  a scatter
diagram for all the mite drop counts.

My apologies.  For those of you who may not understand scatter plots, from
Wikipedia:  A *scatter plot* (also called a *scatterplot*, *scatter
graph*, *scatter
chart*, *scattergram*, or *scatter diagram*)[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatter_plot#cite_note-3> is a type of plot
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_(graphics)> or mathematical diagram
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_diagram> using Cartesian
coordinates <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system> to
display values for typically two variables
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_(mathematics)> for a set of data."

The two variables I measured were mite wash counts and stickyboard counts
taken the same day.  There were 48 paired counts, taken from a dozen strong
hives, over time, in August.  Each data point indicates the the two values,
with wash counts on the x-axis and mite drop counts on the y-axis.  The
plot shows ALL the data.


Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
ScientificBeekeeping.com


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