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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Experiments, Parameters and Models At Youtube, the relationships between system parameters and metrics often seem simple — straight-line models sometimes fit our data well.

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Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to!

Occam's Razor

They will need two different implementations, it is quite likely that you will end up with two sets of metrics (more people focused for mobile apps, more visit focused for sites). Media-Mix Modeling/Experimentation. Mobile content consumption, behavior along key metrics (time, bounces etc.) And again, a custom set of metrics.

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Experiment design and modeling for long-term studies in ads

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Nevertheless, A/B testing has challenges and blind spots, such as: the difficulty of identifying suitable metrics that give "works well" a measurable meaning. accounting for effects "orthogonal" to the randomization used in experimentation. accounting for effects "orthogonal" to the randomization used in experimentation.