From 2c04b84d46402a1d2fbd3b21fe9bcc05978fa963 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daihe Sui Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 09:17:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update numbers.qmd (#1409) * Update numbers.qmd Some typos. Espeically, the unit of dep_delay is minute rather than hour. * Update numbers.qmd --------- Co-authored-by: Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel --- numbers.qmd | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/numbers.qmd b/numbers.qmd index 54ca041..5d0d4d3 100644 --- a/numbers.qmd +++ b/numbers.qmd @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ An alternative is to use the `median()`, which finds a value that lies in the "m Depending on the shape of the distribution of the variable you're interested in, mean or median might be a better measure of center. For example, for symmetric distributions we generally report the mean while for skewed distributions we usually report the median. -@fig-mean-vs-median compares the mean vs. the median when looking at the hourly vs. median departure delay for each destination. +@fig-mean-vs-median compares the mean vs. the median departure delay (in minutes) for each destination. The median delay is always smaller than the mean delay because flights sometimes leave multiple hours late, but never leave multiple hours early. ```{r}