Ugh. I’d lay odds that they had to apply some serious scalars to pass the chi-squared test.
TBC defaults to zero centering and measure-up errors for the very reason that it’s super obvious when you run that first minimally-constrained adjustment.
When I see reports and deliverables like that it throws all sorts of red flags…
I was going to say…if you’re doing the adjustment, be sure to put a little error in your setups. I use 0.005′ because I’m good but I’m not that good.
It’s interesting how with a little bit of experience and practice we can dial in our standard errors.
Even more interesting: when I am troubleshooting data, I will loosen or tighten up those values based upon the office I am working with. Some offices run a really tight ship, and others….well, I’m just surprised that they can even see the point through the optical plummet. Regular calibration and adjustment makes a huge difference.
“…people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” -Neil Postman