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Estimating Counts Through an Average Rounded to the Nearest Non-negative Integer and its Theoretical Practical Effects
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2024
arXiv
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In practice, the use of rounding is ubiquitous. Although researchers have looked at the implications of rounding continuous random variables, rounding may be applied to functions of discrete random variables as well. For example, to infer on suicide excess deaths after a national emergency, authorities may provide a rounded average of deaths before and after the emergency started. Suicide rates tend to be relatively low around the world and such rounding may seriously affect inference on the
arXiv:2107.01618v6
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