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	Also, your second example is problematic because the 0 stem contains a wider span (19 values, -9..9) than the 10 of every other stem, so it distorts the data. On the other hand, the -0 strategy means that the -0 stem has a range of -9..-1 with only 9 elements whereas everything else has 10. I like your first example for uniformity but it seems confusing to read which sort of defeats the point. —[[User:Kevin Reid\|Kevin Reid]] 13:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)		Also, your second example is problematic because the 0 stem contains a wider span (19 values, -9..9) than the 10 of every other stem, so it distorts the data. On the other hand, the -0 strategy means that the -0 stem has a range of -9..-1 with only 9 elements whereas everything else has 10. I like your first example for uniformity but it seems confusing to read which sort of defeats the point. —[[User:Kevin Reid\|Kevin Reid]] 13:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

			:Hi Kevin, I am unhappy with all forms. The WP -0 stem means that the stems don't form a linear progression between values. They all seem to jar in some way. --[[User:Paddy3118\|Paddy3118]] 14:50, 16 December 2009 (UTC)