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[James Wetterau]

Mitch Pirtle says:
> A novel approach, testing it out to see if it works...  ;-)
...

You don't have to offset all the scores.  Just take the lowest score
and use that as your offset for the first decile.  Just do this very
simple process:

Let's say the lowest score is -10, median score is 20, top of first
decile is -5.

Subtract your lowest score from your first decile.  You have an
adjusted first decile of 5 (-5 - -10).

Add your median and adjusted first decile together.  Now you
have 20 + 5 = 25.


> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:13:12 -0400, inforequest
> <sm11szw02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > In order to win a beer I offer this quick response before thinking
> > through the details :-)
> > 
> > Offset the scores befoe doing the math, by some constant that is more
> > than the expected abs(max score). the shift is neutral with respect to
> > your comparisons, and can be removed when you have your results.
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