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How many of the digits in a mean of 12.3456789012 are worth reporting?
OBJECTIVE: A computer program tells me that a mean value is 12.3456789012, but how many of these digits are significant (the rest being random junk)? Should I report: 12.3?, 12.3456?, or even 10 (if only the first digit is significant)? There are several rules-of-thumb but, surprisingly (given that...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30885264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4175-6 |