how many digits should we preserve?

[xhdong-umd]

We have a lot of numbers in different places, with different meaning and units.

I'm thinking maybe we should have a consistent format, like always keep 2 digits after decimal place (3 digits will be a little bit long in some places).

@jmcalabrese @chfleming @NoonanM What do you think?

[xhdong-umd]

In second thought, some places probably need more precision.

For example the overlap values are 0 - 1, the current 4 digits seemed to be fine. And 3 digits is good for the model summary table DOF etc.

[chfleming]

For numbers with confidence intervals, its the confidence interval that determines this. In general, I think CIs need at least 1-2 significant digits on their difference, like x = 1.2345 (1.2340 -- 1.2350) for example.

[xhdong-umd]

I assume I need to calculate this after getting calculation result from ctmm?

[chfleming]

Yes.

[xhdong-umd]

Now the model summary table will make sure the CI values have at leasts one significant digit on difference. Previously the last rows in table below were rounded to 2 digits and didn't show the difference.

[xhdong-umd]

Overlap table are also adjusted to reflect the significant digits needed for the difference.