My data are non-integer counts, but not proportions. There's no intellectual property concerns but I though it would be tedious to explain how this kind of data come from......Let me put it in a few words, say, I have three variables of integer counts, A,B,C to represent different groups in a sample, later I find out that the criteria for classifying the sample may not be satisfying and has to be modified. However, my way to correct the counts in different group based on my new classification criteria will sometimes give non-integer counts, A' B' C'. It's somewhat like to change the proportion of a multinomial distribution while keeping the total count fixed, that leads to non-integer frequencies. Hope I've explained it well this time......
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