The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

More people than ever are using statistical analysis packages and dashboards, explicitly or more often implicitly, to develop and test hypotheses. We data scientists now have access to tools that allow us to run a large numbers of experiments, and then to slice experimental populations by any combination of dimensions collected.

Experimentation 61

Experimentation Testing Statistics Metrics 61

Cloudera

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

And soon also sensor measures, and possibly video or audio data with the increased use of device technology and telemedicine in medical care. Innovate on serviceability and optimize utilization. It would enable faster experimentation with easy, protected, and governed access to a variety of data.

Data Warehouse 59

Data Warehouse Unstructured Data Analytics Visualization 59

O'Reilly on Data

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you ask an engineer to show how they operate the application in production, they will likely show containers and operational dashboards—not unlike any other software service. However, none of these layers help with modeling and optimization. This approach is not novel. Model Operations. How: Wrapping The Stack For Maximum Usability.

IT 347

IT Testing Experimentation Software 347

datapine

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Management thinker Peter Drucker once stated, “if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” – and he couldn’t be more right. That said, we will go into details of a marketing campaign report, provide a digital marketing report template, and look into marketing reporting and analysis with the help of carefully created dashboards.

Reporting 280

Reporting Marketing Advertising Metrics 280

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Chapter 2 The Optimal Strategy for Choosing Your Web Analytics Soul Mate. Chapter 5 The Key to Glory: Measuring Success. If I have one jihad it is to massively convert every person who touches the web to focus on measuring Outcomes! Chapter 7 Failing Faster: Unleashing the Power of Testing and Experimentation.

Analytics 71

Analytics Metrics Measurement Testing 71

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This unified experience optimizes the process of developing and deploying ML models by streamlining workflows for increased efficiency. Decision optimization: Streamline the selection and deployment of optimization models and enable the creation of dashboards to share results, enhance collaboration and recommend optimal action plans.

Machine Learning 72

Machine Learning Manufacturing Cost-Benefit Deep Learning 72

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2007

Experimentation & Testing (A/B, Multivariate, you name it). What's the optimal organization structure (and who should own web analytics!)? Benchmarking (exactly how you can do it), impactful actionable executive dashboards (what they should contain), creating a data driven organization. Qualitative and quantitative.

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Marketing Dashboards 60

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

If towards the end of the week/month your ACT was going to look terrible on your Manager’s dashboard, calls were picked up and hung up right away. The qualitative surveys measuring unhappiness went down even more than before. Reporting/dashboards were terribly created ( CDPs anyone? ). You are what you measure.

Key Performance Indicator 106

Key Performance Indicator Metrics Measurement Advertising 106

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. My solution to this, incredibly real and frustrating problem, is to insist on seeing the signed in blood version of the company's Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. What one critical metric will help you clearly measure performance for each strategy above? That's it.

Analytics 141

Analytics Data-driven Strategy Consulting 141

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Company UX leaders are happy to stink less by taking the sub-optimal path of responsive design, rather than create a mobile-unique experience (your customers tend to do different things on your desktop site than your mobile site!). Create a distinct mobile website and mobile app measurement strategies. Implement Cross-Device Tracking.

Metrics 141

Metrics Reporting Analytics Marketing 141

Occam's Razor

JULY 26, 2010

If today you are a content site that is only focused on measuring content consumed try to go deeper to understanding CPA of the ads or Visitor Loyalty. Look at your most important work / report / dashboard. We do reports / dashboards like this one all the time: Ok great. 3: Measure complete site success. I need someone.

Metrics 96

Metrics Measurement Dashboards Reporting 96

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

Most companies are astonishingly blasé about data and possibilities of measurement. " "My dashboard should have Page Views and Exit Rate!" " Sad, unimaginative measurements of their sad, unimaginative campaigns. All while constantly optimizing your portfolio via controlled experiments. A mobile device!)

Marketing 140

Marketing B2B Measurement Risk 140

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

My problem with these mistruths and FUD is that they result in a ton of practitioners and companies making profoundly sub optimal choices, which in turn results in not just much longer slogs but also spectacular career implosions and the entire web analytics industry suffering. This is sad. Even a little frustrating. Likely not.

Analytics 118

Analytics Consulting Metrics Experimentation 118

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Brian Krick: Best way to measure and communicate "available demand" from available channels (social, search, display) for forecast modeling. Additionally, it is exceptionally difficult to measure available demand because 1. please refer to the controlled experimentation section, page 205, in the book for more.

Analytics 94

Analytics Measurement Metrics Predictive Analytics 94

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Each of the six visuals re-frames a unique facet of the digital opportunity/challenge, and shares how to optimally take advantage of the opportunity/challenge. It is also immensely beneficial for search engine optimization (great content, delivered fresh, every day!). Then that is all they optimize for. And so on and so forth.

Marketing Analytics 154

Marketing Analytics Marketing Visualization Analytics 154

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

From observing behavior closely, and from my own experimentation and failure, I've noticed consistent patterns in what great employees do and great bosses do. They are there to nudge your career in an optimal direction. They have no current analytical skills and tell the measurement team what their strategy should be.

Strategy 132

Strategy Statistics Cost-Benefit Marketing 132

Occam's Razor

MAY 18, 2010

And as recently as two weeks ago I stressed the importance of effective segmentation as the cornerstone of the Web Analytics Measurement Framework. Key elements of the Web Analytics Measurement Framework.]. Acquisition also includes search engine optimization (SEO), because it is an activity on which you spend time and money.

Analytics 123

Analytics Key Performance Indicator Metrics Measurement 123

datapine

JANUARY 31, 2022

For example, in regards to marketing, traditional advertising methods of spending large amounts of money on TV, radio, and print ads without measuring ROI aren’t working like they used to. They’re about having the mindset of an experimenter and being willing to let data guide a company’s decision-making process. The results?

Business Intelligence 214

Business Intelligence Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI 214

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

The organization functions off a clearly defined Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. #1. In service of report creation the job includes: Pulling data, writing queries, fulfilling ad-hoc requests, scheduling data outputs (reports, dashboards), liaising with script implementers / IT teams to collect more data, etc.

Data-driven 140

Data-driven Consulting Reporting Marketing 140

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Using a tool like True Social Metrics , you can quickly create a glorious centralized dashboard like this one for your Social Media efforts… Please see the post for more details on how to calculate each metric. I believe the best way to measure success is to measure the above four metrics (actual interaction/action/outcome).

B2B 167

B2B Metrics Testing Recreation/Entertainment 167