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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Taking measurements at parameter settings further from control parameter settings leads to a lower variance estimate of the slope of the line relating the metric to the parameter.

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Excellent Analytics Tip #8: Measure the Real Conversion Rate & "Opportunity Pie"

Occam's Razor

Mostly because short term goals drive a lot of what we do and if you are selling something on your website then it only seems to make logical sense that we measure conversion rate and get it up as high as we can as fast as we can. So measure Bounce Rate of your website. Even though we should not obsess about conversion rate we do.

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Web Analytics: Frequently Asked Questions And Direct Answers

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Brian Krick: Best way to measure and communicate "available demand" from available channels (social, search, display) for forecast modeling. Additionally, it is exceptionally difficult to measure available demand because 1. please refer to the controlled experimentation section, page 205, in the book for more.