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

Occam's Razor

Sometimes, we escape the clutches of this sub optimal existence and do pick good metrics or engage in simple A/B testing. You're choosing only one metric because you want to optimize it. Remember that the raw number is not the only important part, we would also measure statistical significance. But it is not routine.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 9

Domino Data Lab

They also require advanced skills in statistics, experimental design, causal inference, and so on – more than most data science teams will have. Perhaps if machine learning were solely being used to optimize advertising or ecommerce, then Agile-ish notions could serve well enough. PSL models are easy to use and fast.