Terminal digit preference
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terminal-digit-preference-265-9210154
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Terminal digit preference
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Terminal digit preference, terminal digit bias, or end-digit preference is a commonly-observed statistical phenomenon whereby humans recording numbers have a bias or preference for a specific final digit in a number. In medical science, this is often seen when recording measurements such as blood pressure by hand, where those taking measurements will round to the nearest 5 or 0. The phenomenon has been blamed for misdiagnoses. Terminal digit bias has been used to identify errors in research, and
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Statistical phenomenon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_digit_preference
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2023-02-13T01:06:56Z
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