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2010 Feb 11
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Rounding multinomial proportions
...ld not repeat the analysis and get the same results.
Once I implemented a quick and dirty solution, simply setting the last 
proportion (Age10 above) as 1 minus the sum of ages 1-9. I quickly stopped 
using that approach when I started seeing negative values.
After this introduction, the attached round_multinom.html should make 
sense. The algorithm I ended up choosing comes from allocating seats in 
elections, so I was tempted to provide that application as well, although 
it makes the interface and documentation slightly more confusing.
The working title of this function was a short and catchy vote(),...