Terminal digit preference
Terminal digit preference, terminal digit bias, or end-digit preference is a natural tendency for different observers to have different preferences for digits to round numbers to, often 0 and 5. The phenomenon is often cited in relation to blood pressure measurements and has been blamed for misdiagnoses.[1] It has also been blamed for producing artifacts in scientific research.[2][3][4][5][6]
Reference
- ^ Nietert, Paul J.; Wessell, Andrea; Feifer, Chris; Ornstein, Steven (2006). "Effect of Terminal Digit Preference on Blood Pressure Measurement and Treatment in Primary Care". American Journal of Hypertension. 19 (2): 147–152. doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.08.016. PMID 16448884. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Thavarajah (1 December 2003). "Terminal digit bias in a specialty hypertension faculty practice". Nature. 17 (12): 819–822. doi:10.1038/sj.jhh.1001625. PMID 14704725.
- ^ Lawrence, Jack (22 September 2021). "The lesson of ivermectin: meta-analyses based on summary data alone are inherently unreliable". Nature: 1–2. doi:10.1038/s41591-021-01535-y. PMID 34552263. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Hla, Khin (1986). "Observer Error in Systolic Blood Pressure Measurement in the Elderly". Arch Intern Med. 146 (12): 2373. doi:10.1001/archinte.1986.00360240099017. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Hayes (2008). "Terminal digit preference occurs in pathology reporting irrespective of patient management implication". Journal of Clinical Pathology. 61 (9): 1071–1072. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.059543. PMID 18755731. S2CID 10737432. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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