Bioequivalence and Bioavailability Forum • 2.220446e-16 ≈ 0

2.220446e-16 ≈ 0 [Design Issues]

posted by Helmut – Vienna, Austria, 2019-12-22 11:37 (1936 d 11:55 ago) – Posting: # 21016
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Hi ElMaestro,

❝ ❝ For observation 8 we have -3.608225e-16, I think,

❝ I think, is around the "effective zero" for fits in R at default settings on 64- and 32-bit systems.

Yes, it is. ;-)

;-)

x <- -3.608225e-16 zero <- .Machine$double.eps all.equal(x, zero) [1] TRUE zero [1] 2.220446e-16

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Should those subjects have only one period data be included in BE analysis? ssussu 2019-12-06 10:58 [Design Issues]
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    - No way! But... Helmut 2019-12-06 14:47
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        Slightly off topic, but related :-) ElMaestro 2019-12-21 15:02
        
        Slightly off topic, but related :-) PharmCat 2019-12-22 01:12
        2.220446e-16 ≈ 0Helmut 2019-12-22 10:37
        
        The optional tolerance argument ElMaestro 2019-12-23 14:37
        2.220446e-16 ≈ 0 PharmCat 2019-12-24 14:18
        
        Sum of residuals ~ ε Helmut 2019-12-24 14:54
        
        Sum of residuals ~ ε ElMaestro 2019-12-24 15:10
        
        Wrong terminology Helmut 2019-12-28 13:55
        
        Sum of residuals ~ ε PharmCat 2019-12-24 18:40

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