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

Occam's Razor

Remember that the raw number is not the only important part, we would also measure statistical significance. By 2011, the company had 20 full-time photographers on staff. They might deal with uncertainty, but they're not random. The properties with professional photography had 2-3 times the number of bookings!

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Estimating causal effects using geo experiments

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

A geo experiment is an experiment where the experimental units are defined by geographic regions. Statistical power is traditionally given in terms of a probability function, but often a more intuitive way of describing power is by stating the expected precision of our estimates. They are non-overlapping geo-targetable regions.