Introduction to Rounding Numbers in Python

Published: 20 June 2024
on channel: Real Python
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This is a preview of the video course, "Rounding Numbers in Python." Understanding how rounding works in Python can help you avoid biasing your dataset. This is an important skill. After all, drawing conclusions from biased data can lead to costly mistakes.

This is a portion of the complete course, which you can find here:
https://realpython.com/courses/roundi...

The rest of the course covers:
Rounding Half Up and Half Down
Zeroing the Bias
Complications with Floating Points
How to implement each strategy in pure Python
How rounding affects data and which rounding strategy minimizes this effect
When to apply different rounding strategies