Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

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.

Metrics 156

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 21, 2013

In late 2011, Google announced an effort to make search behavior more secure. The Multi-Channel Funnels folder in Google Analytics contains the Top Conversion Paths report. At the highest level, across visits by focusing on unique people, the report shows the role search plays in driving conversions. See Page Value there?

Optimization 154

Optimization Reporting Experimentation Metrics 154

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

MAY 31, 2016

A geo experiment is an experiment where the experimental units are defined by geographic regions. This means it is possible to specify exactly in which geos an ad campaign will be served – and to observe the ad spend and the response metric at the geo level. They are non-overlapping geo-targetable regions. by turning campaigns off).

Advertising 42

Advertising Testing Sales Statistics 42

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

With more features come more potential post hoc hypotheses about what is driving metrics of interest, and more opportunity for exploratory analysis. We data scientists now have access to tools that allow us to run a large numbers of experiments, and then to slice experimental populations by any combination of dimensions collected.

Experimentation 61

Experimentation Testing Statistics Metrics 61

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Success Metrics. In my Oct 2011 post, Best Social Media Metrics , I'd created four metrics to quantify this value. I believe the best way to measure success is to measure the above four metrics (actual interaction/action/outcome). It can be a brand metric, say Likelihood to Recommend. Business Leaders.

B2B 167

B2B Metrics Testing Recreation/Entertainment 167

O'Reilly on Data

MAY 11, 2020

It predates recommendation engines, social media, engagement metrics, and the recent explosion of AI, but not by much. The Entertainment” is not the result of algorithms, business incentives and product managers optimizing for engagement metrics. And like a lot of near-future SciFi, it’s remarkably prescient.

Modeling 190

Modeling Advertising Recreation/Entertainment Metrics 190