Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Sep 26 19:45:38 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8R2jcga004101 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:45:38 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8R2n7Gq020897 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:49:07 -0700 Message-Id: <200809270249.m8R2n7Gq020897@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: quick question abt statistics Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:49:07 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > In > avg.custs in Q1, > avg custs in S1, > avg custs in S2, > > should we print it in the format > *custs/sec (avg no. of customers there in one sec)* OR > *secs/cust > (i.e. avvg amount of time spent ,in secs, by each customer)* These have no units! They are just numbers. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu