[tor-bugs] #21255 [Metrics/Metrics website]: fraction value computation for clients.csv and its descriptions don't seem to match

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#21255: fraction value computation for clients.csv and its descriptions don't seem
to match
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 Reporter:  iwakeh                   |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Metrics website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
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Comment (by karsten):

 After looking very quickly, I'd say that's a documentation bug or maybe
 over-simplification.  See the following sentence in the relevant tech
 report (https://research.torproject.org/techreports/counting-daily-bridge-
 users-2012-10-24.pdf):

 ''"Figure 3 shows reported directory requests, estimated fraction of
 directory requests that got reported by bridges, and estimated total
 directory requests in the network."''

 I'd want to look more closely.  But for the moment it's probably safe to
 assume that the documentation is wrong, not the implementation.

 Nice catch, by the way. :)

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