Chapter 2 Reference 33
How Percentile Approximation Works (and Why It's More Useful than Averages)
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David Kohn. "How Percentile Approximation Works (and Why It's More Useful than Averages)." timescale.com, September 2021. Archived at perma.cc/3PDP-NR8B
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How Percentiles Work | Tiger Data
What percentile approximations are, how percentiles work in PostgreSQL, and calculating them efficiently on time-series data.
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