It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Counting attendees at Perl conferences is a simple calculation.
- In plain terms
- Average attendance is easy to compute.
- What can you take from it?
- Simple metrics can be quickly derived.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When might averages be misleading?
Another view
Complex data may require more than averages.
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