O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

The first step in building an AI solution is identifying the problem you want to solve, which includes defining the metrics that will demonstrate whether you’ve succeeded. It sounds simplistic to state that AI product managers should develop and ship products that improve metrics the business cares about. Agreeing on metrics.

Marketing 361

Marketing Experimentation Metrics Testing 361

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2024

” Given the statistics—82% of surveyed respondents in a 2023 Statista study cited managing cloud spend as a significant challenge—it’s a legitimate concern. Most “lifted and shifted” apps can operate in a cloud environment but might not to reap the full benefits of cloud. Why move to cloud?

Modeling 92

Modeling Cost-Benefit Optimization Digital Transformation 92

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Some of that uncertainty is the result of statistical inference, i.e., using a finite sample of observations for estimation. But there are other kinds of uncertainty, at least as important, that are not statistical in nature. or "does this product change benefit users?" are asked to assess the content quality of their videos.

Uncertainty 56

Uncertainty Statistics Measurement Cost-Benefit 56

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Presto’s cost-based query optimizer, dynamic filtering and extensibility through user-defined functions make it a versatile tool in Uber’s analytics arsenal. The cost and constraints of traditional analytics soon reached their limit, forcing Uber to look elsewhere for a solution.

OLAP 89

OLAP Data Lake Data-driven Snapshot 89

Occam's Razor

MAY 22, 2006

This post is a primer on the delightful world of testing and experimentation (A/B, Multivariate, and a new term from me: Experience Testing). Experimentation and testing help us figure out we are wrong, quickly and repeatedly and if you think about it that is a great thing for our customers, and for our employers. Counter claims?

Experimentation 103

Experimentation Testing Optimization Measurement 103

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

1]" Statistics, as a discipline, was largely developed in a small data world. With more features come more potential post hoc hypotheses about what is driving metrics of interest, and more opportunity for exploratory analysis. Data was expensive to gather, and therefore decisions to collect data were generally well-considered.

Experimentation 61

Experimentation Testing Statistics Metrics 61

Corinium

APRIL 25, 2019

Life insurance needs accurate data on consumer health, age and other metrics of risk. For example auto insurance companies offering to capture real-time driving statistics from policy-holders’ cars to encourage and reward safe driving. And more recently, we have also seen innovation with IOT (Internet Of Things). That’s the reward.

Insurance 150

Insurance Risk IoT Cost-Benefit 150