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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. That metric is tied to a KPI. It's the target for your KPI. For each of them, write down the KPI you're measuring, and what that KPI should be for you to consider your efforts a success.

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Data Science at The New York Times

Domino Data Lab

A “data scientist” might build a multistage processing pipeline in Python, design a hypothesis test, perform a regression analysis over data samples with R, design and implement an algorithm in Hadoop, or communicate the results of our analyses to other members of the organization in a clear and concise fashion.