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Methods of Study Design – Experiments

Data Science 101

Some pitfalls of this type of experimentation include: Suppose an experiment is performed to observe the relationship between the snack habit of a person while watching TV. Bias can cause a huge error in experimentation results so we need to avoid them. Statistics Essential for Dummies by D. REFERENCES. McCabe & B.

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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

If $Y$ at that point is (statistically and practically) significantly better than our current operating point, and that point is deemed acceptable, we update the system parameters to this better value. And we can keep repeating this approach, relying on intuition and luck. Why experiment with several parameters concurrently?

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Misadventures in experiments for growth

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

by MICHAEL FORTE Large-scale live experimentation is a big part of online product development. This means a small and growing product has to use experimentation differently and very carefully. This blog post is about experimentation in this regime. But these are not usually amenable to A/B experimentation.

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Interview with Dominic Sartorio, Senior Vice President for Products & Development, Protegrity

Corinium

For example auto insurance companies offering to capture real-time driving statistics from policy-holders’ cars to encourage and reward safe driving. And it’s become a hyper-competitive business, so enhancing customer service through data is critical for maintaining customer loyalty. This stuff works.

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Review: Stefanie Posavec’s “Dataviz Drawing Class”

Depict Data Studio

About the Instructor: Stefanie Posavec According to Stefanie’s website , she is “a designer, artist, and author exploring experimental approaches to communicating data and information to all ages and audiences.” But nothing compares to quality online training where your brain is fully immersed in the topic alongside the instructor and peers.

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Unintentional data

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

1]" Statistics, as a discipline, was largely developed in a small data world. More people than ever are using statistical analysis packages and dashboards, explicitly or more often implicitly, to develop and test hypotheses. Data was expensive to gather, and therefore decisions to collect data were generally well-considered.