Terminal digit preference

Terminal digit preference, terminal digit bias and end-digit preference are terms describing a natural tendency for different observers to have different prefernces for digits to round numbers to. The phenomena is often cited in relation to blood pressure measurements and has been blamed for misdiagnoses. It has also been blamed for producing artifacts in scientific research.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Reference

^ Thavarajah (1 December 2003). "Terminal digit bias in a specialty hypertension faculty practice". doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001625. Retrieved 29 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Lawrence, Jack (22 September 2021). "The lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are inherently unreliable". Nature (journal). doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01535-y. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Hla, Khin. "Observer Error in Systolic Blood Pressure Measurement in the Elderly". doi:10.1001/archinte.1986.00360240099017. Retrieved 29 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Hayes (2008). "Terminal digit preference occurs in pathology reporting irrespective of patient management implication". Journal of Clinical Pathology. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059543. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Lusignan (23 March 2004). "End-digit preference in blood pressure recordings of patients with ischaemic heart disease in primary care". Retrieved 29 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[1] Thavarajah (1 December 2003). "Terminal digit bias in a specialty hypertension faculty practice". doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001625. Retrieved 29 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Lawrence, Jack (22 September 2021). "The lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are inherently unreliable". Nature (journal). doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01535-y. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[3] Hla, Khin. "Observer Error in Systolic Blood Pressure Measurement in the Elderly". doi:10.1001/archinte.1986.00360240099017. Retrieved 29 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] Hayes (2008). "Terminal digit preference occurs in pathology reporting irrespective of patient management implication". Journal of Clinical Pathology. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059543. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[5] Lusignan (23 March 2004). "End-digit preference in blood pressure recordings of patients with ischaemic heart disease in primary care". Retrieved 29 September 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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