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by mvolo 4876 days ago
hi nateabele,

Author here. Did you also search for stdev, st.dev, variance? Just kidding.

The post is not about averages. Its about selecting the right metric to track website performance. Standard deviation would surely qualify the avg. latency a bit, but it would still be a pretty lame alternative to using a better toplevel metric like Apdex.

Best, Mike