OpenSource Projects Development devworx.somee.com Saturday, November 21, 2009 User Name: Password: Register | Lost Password News Projects Directory Services Scripts Blogs WhosOn Chat        home   -->    articles Projects  (By popularity) BlogWorx MiniChat DevWorx Site ASP Assistant (VB) WhosOn ScripText My Logo LinX Directory Old Dev Apps Services Services Forum My Logo ScripText BlogWorx Support Search Articles All Articles OpenSource Statisticus Newest Posts hello guys Test RE: RE: Vessel 1 RE: Vessel 1 Vessel 1 Links If you like the site, please link back to us.   3 guests online - show me...  2760 members   Statisticus, Why and How? Part I - Introduction by Hakan Eskici Contents Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Measurement Tools    a. Page Counters    b. Web Server Logs    c. Our Own Counter 3. Simple Statistics 4. Adding More Fields 5. Data Normalization Abstract This article focuses on basic statistical analysis methods and the techniques to implement them into the web pages. 1. Introduction    Rebus Sic Statibus * * A latin doctrine, which states : "rules change when circumstances change". The idea of interactive web has been kind of derived from the supply and demand balance. You are successful in wall street bussiness as long as you have the ability to drive your customers expectations. By creating a false demans bias, you are stronger in your way. This is not the way we devevelopers work. We, the devs and admins, should understand our visitor expectations, and give them what they really need. In web, we have the tools for persistent data, we have the tools to do math. That means we have the tools to measure the behaviour of our visitors. By analyzing the past data, we may understand the trend and guess the future demand. The methods for forecasting is strongly quantitive and sometimes requires a good command on mathematics. We will not be dealing with regression analysis or curve fitting, but rather be focusing on simple methods such as moving averages and line fitting to analyze our data. Therefore, understanding the power of statistical analysis is important for us. Second part of the article focuses on different types of the measurement tools: page counters, web server logs and our own counter. Page Load Time: 0.19 seconds Page updated: Sunday, January 18, 2009 | Site Stats | Privacy | Disclaimer | Link to us | Site Administration © 2008 DevWorx - devworx.somee.com