The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

If $Y$ at that point is (statistically and practically) significantly better than our current operating point, and that point is deemed acceptable, we update the system parameters to this better value. And we can keep repeating this approach, relying on intuition and luck. Why experiment with several parameters concurrently?

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 19, 2021

We’ll look at this later, but being able to reproduce experimental results is critical to any science, and it’s a well-known problem in AI. In contrast, in our 2018 report, Asia was behind in mature practices, though it had a markedly higher number of respondents in the “early adopter” or “exploring” stages. Bottlenecks to AI adoption.

Enterprise 356

Enterprise Modeling Risk Manufacturing 356

Domino Data Lab

JANUARY 24, 2019

In 2018 we saw the “data science platform” market rapidly crystallize into three distinct product segments. This group of solutions targets code-first data scientists who use statistical programming languages and spend their days in computational notebooks (e.g., Reflections. Code-first data science platforms. Jupyter) or IDEs (e.g.,

Data Science 65

Data Science Marketing Data-driven Statistics 65

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

It is 2018—why are there still light gray below-the-fold add to cart buttons? I mean developing and inserting a subtle collection of gentle nudges that can help increase the conversion rate by a statistically significant amount. Not wanting to risk it, I click on the Find in Store link you see at the bottom of the page.

Strategy 124

Strategy Cost-Benefit Testing Sales 124

Domino Data Lab

MAY 8, 2019

2018-06-21). That’s a risk in case, say, legislators – who don’t understand the nuances of machine learning – attempt to define a single meaning of the word interpret. Given how so much of IT gets driven by concerns about risks and costs, in practice auditability tops the list for many business stakeholders.

Machine Learning 105

Machine Learning Data Science Modeling Visualization 105