Docs: mention that describe() uses approximate algorithms (#10416)#12113
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Docs: mention that describe() uses approximate algorithms (#10416)#12113
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Your formatting is off here so the note isn't actually rendering in the build preview.
I also don't think this is the right place to put this information. It should probably be in the docstring of .describe().
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This PR updates the DataFrame API docs to clarify that
the
describe()method in Dask uses approximate algorithmsfor large datasets, which may lead to slight differences
from Pandas results.