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Algorithms

If you are using Facebook Ads split testing (A/B testing), stop fooling yourself

Kaiser Fung, founder of Principal Analytics Prep, and former director of Applied Analytics at Columbia University, explains why you can't run proper A/B tests on Facebook
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Dispute over analysis of school quality and home prices shows social science is hard
Aggregation

Dispute over analysis of school quality and home prices shows social science is hard

Most of my friends with families fret over school quality when deciding
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The plural of anecdote is not ...
Aggregation

The plural of anecdote is not ...

One of my favorite statistics-related wisecracks is: the plural of anecdote is
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Another PR effort to scare you into clicking
Bias

Another PR effort to scare you into clicking

From Andrew Gelman's blog, I learned about a paper that
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Big Data

The reality is most A/B tests fail, and Facebook is here to help

Two years ago, Wired breathlessly extolled the virtues of A/B testing
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MailChimp Gmail study as an example of Big Data studies 2/2
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MailChimp Gmail study as an example of Big Data studies 2/2

Previously, I analyzed the data analysis by MailChimp on the impact of
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