title: How to smooth a list of numbers in an index?
body: <p>I've got about 1,000 numbers in a C# List, they represent an index, of how likely something is to occur. I'm trying to generate a chart showing the relationship between the items in the list. In certain cases, there are "outliers" in the data, which cause my charts to really look messed up. So consider the following list:</p>
  
  <pre><code>100
  99
  98
  95
  90
  86
  76
  75
  72
  65
  62
  58
  52
  50
  49
  37
  17
  16
  15
  14
  13
  13
  12
  12
  { and then 800 more numbers between 1 and 12}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I create a list to scale, I end up 10 items in 50+ and 950 items in &lt; 50. While factually correct, it makes my chart look really screwy.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way I can have this make any more sense? IE can I somehow smooth the data so that outliers do not look so stark?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any tips or pointers.</p>