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st: data precision and problems therein
From
Pham Ngoc Minh <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: data precision and problems therein
Date
Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:28:08 +0900
Dear statalist,
I have a problem with data precision as follows:
for example: glycated hemoglobin is 6.1 (%) visible in data editor,
but it turns out 6.0999999 when clicked on, so are other numbers (5.6
becomes 5.5999999), etc. This affects results of creating dummy
variables with pre-defined cut-points of values. How about the
solution?
Thank you for your advice
Ngoc Minh PHAM
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
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