Editors should allow only significant digits
“Out of 80 experiments, 45 (56.3%) had a favourable outcome.” If you read this sentence in a manuscript, would you want to edit the figures?I certainly would. There are too many digits in ‘56.3%’. The decimal 3 is meaningless; 56% is precise en...
Main Author: | Arjan Polderman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020-02-01
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Series: | European Science Editing |
Online Access: | https://ese.arphahub.com/article/50999/download/pdf/ |
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