On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Alex Rousskov wrote:
>1) Do not use mean for average response time; it is virtually meaningless.
>Use median instead. 
Sigh.  I've been keeping track of averages because they are easier to
compute, but I do agree that the median is a more useful figure.  I've
started keeping track of both, and I'll report back to the list once I have
a few days worth of data for both new and old squids. 
Earl Fogel
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Received on Thu Feb 05 1998 - 09:46:39 MST
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