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While it's true that fractional ages are pretty much never used, ages do not necessarily have to be recorded as whole numbers.
by michaelmior 10y ago
While it's true that fractional ages are pretty much never used, ages do not necessarily have to be recorded as whole numbers.
- LionessLover 10y agoSince few people will find it, the response on the web page is https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/a-lot-of-people-are-hung-up-the-fact-that-its-possible-to-collect-ages-in-finer-grains-to-the-c2739f9e0b9b#.9gc1sesfz https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/a-lot-of-people-are-hung-u... > A lot of people are hung up the fact that it’s possible to collect ages in finer grains — to the nearest month, or day, etc. > Remember a) this is just a hypothetical illustration and b) the vast majority of the time, age is collected exactly how I’ve described here.
- moyix 10y agoA more practical problem with applying this on age data specifically is that everyone I looked at (granted, only a handful of CS papers) only gave one decimal place, not two.