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Guidelines - Preserve precision of input data (S6)

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Description

See S.6 in guidelines.

Investigate if this is a problem, and if it is, fix.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with section S.6 in the linked reduction-workflow guidelines, then inspect the reduction workflow for where input precision may be changed. Determine whether precision loss occurs and verify that the completed change preserves the input data's precision.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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