[IxDA Discuss] What to call 'Totals' header ...

[Steve Baty]

Brandon,

Technically, these are called 'Summary Statistics'. Perhaps 'Summary Data:
totals & averages'

Steve

2008/4/22 Brandon E.B. Ward <brandon at pluggd.com>:

> I've got a datagrid (oh the humanity!) with lots of columns and rows. In
> some of the columns are cumulative numbers (e.g. 124 foos, 203 bars etc.)
> and in some columns are averages (1.5 avg. foo per bar, 30 avg. bar per foo
> etc.)
>
> Below the datagrid is a row matching columns to the grid above with the
> sum total of each totals column and the average of each of the average
> columns.
>
> The row below the datagrid is currently called Totals - but it's not very
> accurate, as an average of averages is not a total.
>
> What title would you suggest over Totals?
>
> Is there a word that says Totals/Averages/Other? Or is Totals/Averages my
> best bet?
>
> Thanks,
>
> B
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