+ In performance testing terms, a high standard deviation can indicate an errati

c enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen
t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value
of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).+ In performance testing terms, a high sta
ndard deviation can indicate an erratic enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen
t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value
of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).+ In performance testing terms, a high sta
ndard deviation can indicate an erratic enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen

t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value
of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).+ In performance testing terms, a high sta
ndard deviation can indicate an erratic enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen
t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value
of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).+ In performance testing terms, a high sta
ndard deviation can indicate an erratic enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen
t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value

of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).+ In performance testing terms, a high sta

ndard deviation can indicate an erratic enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen
t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value
of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).+ In performance testing terms, a high sta
ndard deviation can indicate an erratic enduser
experience. For example, a use case may have a calculated mean response time of
40 seconds but a standard deviation of 30 seconds. This would mean that an end u
ser
has a high chance of experiencing a response time as low as 25 and as high as 55
seconds
for the same activity. You should seek to achieve a small standard deviation.
nth percentile
Percentiles are used in statistics to determine where a certain percent of resul
ts
fall. For instance, the 40th percentile is the value at or below which 40 percen
t of
a set of results can be found. Calculating a given percentile for a group of num
bers
is not straightforward, but your performance testing tool should handle this aut
omatically.
All you normally need to do is select the percentile (anywhere from 1 to
100) to eliminate the values you want to ignore.
For example, let s take the set of numbers from our earlier skewed example (1, 2,
2, 2, 3, 9) and ask for the 90th percentile. This would lie between 3 and 9, so
we
eliminate the high value 9 from the results. We could then apply our arithmetic
mean to the remaining five values, giving us the much more representative value
of 2 (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 divided by 5).