Do you know the origin to this?

Posted by David FG on February 20, 2005

In Reply to: Do you know the origin to this? posted by Kim Jeffery on February 20, 2005

: I'm looking for the origin of the phrase "shift to the left".
: Any ideas?

I am sure, given the context it means a move to the left of the 'bell curve' of a graph.

(Mr) David FG (which will make sense to UK medics if none else - given that I am a medic)