Re:Data scientists need to learn about significant digits
by tobinfricke on Monday December 25, 2023 @06:13PM
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That's not the reason sigfigs are important.
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Re:Data scientists need to learn about significant digits
by dickersnoodle on Saturday January 06, 2024 @10:41AM
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Oh, I'm aware. On the way to getting a bachelor's in Chemistry I was drilled on the importance of sigfigs as a way of preventing data contamination by artificial precision (e.g. trying to weigh 16.0000000000 lbs with a bathroom scale). It just seemed funnier this way...