Originally Posted by
DozyWannabe
It's not an alteration of the numbers (as they came out of the DFDR), it is simply a graphical rendering*.
Please see bold from my post:
Both words describe an alteration, or better, interpretation if you will, of the raw numbers. Perhaps one has a negative connotation that should be avoided?
Contrary to what we might like to believe, not all of the report production process in an accident investigative body uses objective thinking. This includes part of the process when plotting the numbers onto graphs.