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. 2017 Dec 14;12(12):e0189332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189332

Table 2. Terminal digit preference expressed as percentage of anthropometrists’ first measurement for height, head circumference and arm circumference ending in .0 to .9 compared to the expected 10% among children 0–4.9 years (n = 948 observations from 474 children), BINA 2017.

Terminal Digit (tenths place) Height Head Circumference Arm Circumference
% Observed % Observed—% Expected P-Value % Observed % Observed—% Expected P-Value % Observed % Observed—% Expected P-Value
0 8.5 -1.5 0.14 5.0 -5.0 0.00 5.9 -4.1 0.00
1 9.2 -0.8 0.45 9.2 -0.8 0.45 10.7 0.7 0.48
2 11.2 1.2 0.23 11.2 1.2 0.23 8.4 -1.6 0.12
3 10.2 0.2 0.79 10.1 0.1 0.87 9.8 -0.2 0.91
4 14.3 4.3 0.00 14.3 4.3 0.00 14.6 4.6 0.00
5 9.7 -0.3 0.83 6.8 -3.2 0.00 6.4 -3.6 0.00
6 9.8 -0.2 0.91 9.8 -0.2 0.91 12.3 2.3 0.02
7 9.8 -0.2 0.91 9.6 -0.4 0.75 11.6 1.6 0.10
8 9.1 -0.9 0.36 13.3 3.3 0.00 9.7 -0.3 0.83
9 8.1 -1.9 0.06 10.8 0.8 0.42 10.5 0.5 0.55