24-08-2021, 06:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-08-2021, 06:04 PM by pfeaster.
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"In cases 2 and 3 the difference from case 1 will be .012 and .006 respectively. Is that correct?"
Yes, your example conforms to what I did.
"Is there some reason why the number of words are distributed in this way? Is it just that the most common line lengths are such that some position deciles get more words than others?"
I've been assuming the explanation you give is the right one. Most line lengths don't divide evenly into tenths, so that when rounding assigns each word to whichever tenth is nearest, words from lines of certain lengths get excluded from certain groupings.
Yes, your example conforms to what I did.
"Is there some reason why the number of words are distributed in this way? Is it just that the most common line lengths are such that some position deciles get more words than others?"
I've been assuming the explanation you give is the right one. Most line lengths don't divide evenly into tenths, so that when rounding assigns each word to whichever tenth is nearest, words from lines of certain lengths get excluded from certain groupings.