Well Rounded
The problem with always rounding halves up is that in doing so, you introduce a persistent bias in whatever calculations you do with the rounded number. If you’re adding a list of rounded numbers, for example, the sum will be biased high.
If you round halves to the nearest even number, though, the bias from upward roundings tends to be negated by an equal number of downward roundings.
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