On 24/01/2011 14:48, G. Ken Holman wrote:
... which rounds the third digit to the second digit simply, where "5"
goes to the ceiling (a negative number gets smaller, a positive number
gets bigger).
which of course is an arbitrary rule leading on average figures being
reported with too large a magnitude, the round to half even rule rounds
half up or down, depending, so aims to reduce this statistical
imbalance, so you might want to use it anyway, even for presentation
purposes.
david
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