http://www.mathgurusonline.com/2006/05/10/averages-are-deceptive/ Discussions of Math/Stats/ Web Metrics for Bloggers Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:50:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 en 2004-2005 () Talk Radio Comment-cast: Averages Are Deceptive Comment-cast: Averages Are Deceptive http://www.mathgurusonline.com 144 144 http://www.mathgurusonline.com/2006/05/10/averages-are-deceptive/#comment-1188 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:11:49 +0000 http://www.mathgurusonline.com/2006/05/10/averages-are-deceptive/#comment-1188 [...] Web Metrics: Mean vs Median For those blogger entrepreneurs that don’t relish the thought of browsing web statistics, there may be confusion about the value of various web metrics. Two such metrics are Mean vs Median, which can be applied to number of visitors, number of pageviews, etc. There is a distinct difference between the two, especially on websites that have signficant variance in day to day statistics. In particular, averages are deceptive. Seth Godin explains the difference between Mean and Median. [...] […] Web Metrics: Mean vs Median For those blogger entrepreneurs that don’t relish the thought of browsing web statistics, there may be confusion about the value of various web metrics. Two such metrics are Mean vs Median, which can be applied to number of visitors, number of pageviews, etc. There is a distinct difference between the two, especially on websites that have signficant variance in day to day statistics. In particular, averages are deceptive. Seth Godin explains the difference between Mean and Median. […]

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