Strega, I don't think I've ever seen you post here (you're Strega from TWOP, right?), which may totally be my fault since I hardly keep up with any threads any more, but either eay, welcome and nice to post with you (and not just because you said I was right...).

If you were comparing one school's average grades to another's, then it might make a slight difference.

That's what I meant when I mentioned large groups, too.

This is a weird rule. Is it new? Did I forget something this big?

I'd not heard of it either, though it suits my sensibilities much better than the "round fives up" rule I'd been taught. I was always a little miffed because the 5 is actually in the lower set of numbers, with any additional decimal places beyond the 5 moving it into the upper set.

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Ha ha! Walmart is giving up its dvd rental service and directing customers to Netflix!

Sweet!

Take that, Blockbuster!

A dilemma. I have forgotten my wallet. I am going out tonight. Should I just swan off now and go get it (therefore having money for lunch), or should I wait and leave at 5, go home and get it?

My job can be really random sometimes. I just gave someone driving directions out of DC.

You know, I'd internalized the rounding rule. When it was explicitely stated, I went huh. And then I realized I did it automatically. Weird.

Best Star Wars line picture I've seen so far. [link]

I love the wee Vader.

therefore having money for lunch

What are the lunch options if you don't have money?

Oh, thanks, Nilly! I've been around occasionally, but I come & go at random. I'm like the wind. Or Colonel Flagg. (And yeah, I was just brattily nitpicking about a GPA not being a statistic, because that is my way. I agree with your actual point.)

I never heard of rounding to evens until I worked for a place that does statistical research, so I'm more surprised by the people who have heard of it than the people who haven't.