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To: lesslucid; norwaypinesavage

suppressed zero = suppressed origin in cartesian coordinates (the “O” where the x and y axes meet).

This leads to a visual distortion (often intended) of the data.

On a proper scale that divergence in your plot would hardly be visible.

(Thanks NPS, btw, for pointing this out - I’ve done so a few times and received some very weird responses...*sigh*)


19 posted on 02/02/2013 7:52:18 AM PST by Moltke ("I am Dr. Sonderborg," he said, "and I don't want any nonsense.")
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To: Moltke
"I’ve [pointed out supressed zeros] a few times and received some very weird responses...*sigh*"

Back in the '60s (that's 1960's to you newbees) I had a boss who absolutely forbade suppressed zeros in engineering reports. I've mostly followed that rule since then. a problem exists with temperatures, though. There is zero C, zero F, zero K, and zero R. None of these is usually helpful. I also learned from him that it is extremely easy to record a thermometer reading, and extremely difficult to measure the temperature of something.

21 posted on 02/02/2013 8:45:23 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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