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Incorrect statement about the median on page 18 #8

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andraxin opened this issue Sep 21, 2023 · 1 comment
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Incorrect statement about the median on page 18 #8

andraxin opened this issue Sep 21, 2023 · 1 comment

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@andraxin
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andraxin commented Sep 21, 2023

If the median is 100 ms, half of the requests take longer than 100 ms, and half of the requests take less than 100 ms.

This formulation implies a strict lower/upper bound, which the median need not be.
Just consider a sequence where every single entry is uniformly 100 ms.
The statement is easily corrected to reflect the intended meaning by inserting 2 negations.

If the median is 100 ms, half of the requests take no longer than 100 ms, and half of the requests take no less than 100 ms.

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Good point. Thanks @andraxin!

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