Without data you’re just another person with an opinion.
— W. Edwards Deming, a data scientist
In this chapter, we are going to discuss statistics and how to apply it to benchmarking. You will learn many useful approaches and techniques to help you improve your benchmark design and analyze the results.
There are many excellent books about statistics. For me as an author, it would be easy to name a few books and say: “Read them if you want to analyze benchmark results.” However, there are several problems with this idea. First of all, most developers don’t want ...
