diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalDatum.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalDatum.java
index 9794e7b4e..e3348d3de 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalDatum.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalDatum.java
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ public class RecalDatum {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return String.format("%d,%d,%d", Math.round(getNumObservations()), Math.round(getNumMismatches()), (byte) Math.floor(getEmpiricalQuality()));
+        return String.format("%.2f,%,2f,%.2f", getNumObservations(), getNumMismatches(), getEmpiricalQuality());
     }
 
     public String stringForCSV() {
-        return String.format("%s,%d,%.2f", toString(), (byte) Math.floor(getEstimatedQReported()), getEmpiricalQuality() - getEstimatedQReported());
+        return String.format("%s,%.2f,%.2f", toString(), getEstimatedQReported(), getEmpiricalQuality() - getEstimatedQReported());
     }
 
 //    /**
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalUtils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalUtils.java
index 20aabdb83..96c0cae2b 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalUtils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalUtils.java
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ public class RecalUtils {
     private static final Pair<String, String> eventType          = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.EVENT_TYPE_COLUMN_NAME, "%s");
     private static final Pair<String, String> empiricalQuality   = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.EMPIRICAL_QUALITY_COLUMN_NAME, "%.4f");
     private static final Pair<String, String> estimatedQReported = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.ESTIMATED_Q_REPORTED_COLUMN_NAME, "%.4f");
-    private static final Pair<String, String> nObservations      = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.NUMBER_OBSERVATIONS_COLUMN_NAME, "%d");
-    private static final Pair<String, String> nErrors            = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.NUMBER_ERRORS_COLUMN_NAME, "%d");
+    private static final Pair<String, String> nObservations      = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.NUMBER_OBSERVATIONS_COLUMN_NAME, "%.2f");
+    private static final Pair<String, String> nErrors            = new Pair<String, String>(RecalUtils.NUMBER_ERRORS_COLUMN_NAME, "%.2f");
 
     /**
      * Generates two lists : required covariates and optional covariates based on the user's requests.
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ public class RecalUtils {
                 reportTable.set(rowIndex, columnNames.get(columnIndex++).getFirst(), datum.getEmpiricalQuality());
                 if (tableIndex == RecalibrationTables.TableType.READ_GROUP_TABLE.index)
                     reportTable.set(rowIndex, columnNames.get(columnIndex++).getFirst(), datum.getEstimatedQReported()); // we only add the estimated Q reported in the RG table
-                reportTable.set(rowIndex, columnNames.get(columnIndex++).getFirst(), Math.round(datum.getNumObservations()));
-                reportTable.set(rowIndex, columnNames.get(columnIndex).getFirst(), Math.round(datum.getNumMismatches()));
+                reportTable.set(rowIndex, columnNames.get(columnIndex++).getFirst(), datum.getNumObservations());
+                reportTable.set(rowIndex, columnNames.get(columnIndex).getFirst(), datum.getNumMismatches());
 
                 rowIndex++;
             }
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalibrationReport.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalibrationReport.java
index 271c07649..e150b1bba 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalibrationReport.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/recalibration/RecalibrationReport.java
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ public class RecalibrationReport {
     }
 
     private RecalDatum getRecalDatum(final GATKReportTable reportTable, final int row, final boolean hasEstimatedQReportedColumn) {
-        final long nObservations = (Long) reportTable.get(row, RecalUtils.NUMBER_OBSERVATIONS_COLUMN_NAME);
-        final long nErrors = (Long) reportTable.get(row, RecalUtils.NUMBER_ERRORS_COLUMN_NAME);
+        final double nObservations = (Double) reportTable.get(row, RecalUtils.NUMBER_OBSERVATIONS_COLUMN_NAME);
+        final double nErrors = (Double) reportTable.get(row, RecalUtils.NUMBER_ERRORS_COLUMN_NAME);
         final double empiricalQuality = (Double) reportTable.get(row, RecalUtils.EMPIRICAL_QUALITY_COLUMN_NAME);
 
         // the estimatedQreported column only exists in the ReadGroup table