How Not to Lie with Statistics: The Correct Way to Summarize Benchmark Results
Thu, 03/17/2016 - 15:56 — Matthias Hauswirth
| Title | How Not to Lie with Statistics: The Correct Way to Summarize Benchmark Results |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1986 |
| Authors | Fleming, PJ, Wallace JJ |
| Journal | Commun. ACM |
| Volume | 29 |
| Pagination | 218–221 |
| ISSN | 0001-0782 |
| Abstract | Using the arithmetic mean to summarize normalized benchmark results leads to mistaken conclusions that can be avoided by using the preferred method: the geometric mean. |
| URL | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/5666.5673 |
| DOI | 10.1145/5666.5673 |
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