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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

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Understanding Simpson’s Paradox to Avoid Faulty Conclusions

Sisense

One of the simplest ways to start exploring your data is to aggregate the metrics you are interested in by their relevant dimensions. In 2009, researchers suggested that Simpson’s paradox may occur more often than commonly thought. Our BI Best Practices demystify the analytics world and empower you with actionable how-to guidance.

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5 + 4 Actionable Tips To Kick Web Data Analysis Up A Notch, Or Two

Occam's Razor

PALM: People Against Lonely Metrics]. So why not your metrics? This is the problem with lonely metrics. Why not find a BFF for your lonely metric and present something like this. I found a "you complete me" for my Visits metric, Bounce Rate. Or an actual outcome metric. 2: Join the PALM club.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 9

Domino Data Lab

If your “performance” metrics are focused on predictive power, then you’ll probably end up with more complex models, and consequently less interpretable ones. They also require advanced skills in statistics, experimental design, causal inference, and so on – more than most data science teams will have.

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6 Case Studies on The Benefits of Business Intelligence And Analytics

datapine

They’re about having the mindset of an experimenter and being willing to let data guide a company’s decision-making process. This company was originally founded in 2009 as a black car-hailing service in San Francisco. What Are The Benefits of Business Intelligence? 5) Find improvement opportunities through predictions.