Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

This: You understand all the environmental variables currently in play, you carefully choose more than one group of "like type" subjects, you expose them to a different mix of media, measure differences in outcomes, prove / disprove your hypothesis (DO FACEBOOK NOW!!!), Measuring Incrementality: Controlled Experiments to the Rescue!

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Data Science 101

JANUARY 15, 2020

Some pitfalls of this type of experimentation include: Suppose an experiment is performed to observe the relationship between the snack habit of a person while watching TV. We divide participants into two groups- one group given a snack and TV and another group given no TV, just magazines and snacks. They are being secretly observed.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

For the rest of this post, I'm going to use the first three to capture the essence of social engagement and brand impact, and one to measure impact on the business. I believe the best way to measure success is to measure the above four metrics (actual interaction/action/outcome). Measure all this Social Media activity.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 9, 2012

Most companies are astonishingly blasé about data and possibilities of measurement. " Sad, unimaginative measurements of their sad, unimaginative campaigns. How good can it possibly feel to do unimaginative things that barely even worked on TV/radio/magazines/catalogs? One of my biggest learnings?

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The qualitative surveys measuring unhappiness went down even more than before. You are what you measure. Bonus: Remember, you can measure profit everyday in Google Analytics! ]. Extend the above incentive purification and imagine the day-to-day behavior of your Acquisition team if you measure them based on CPH.

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Domino Data Lab

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Spoiler alert: a research field called curiosity-driven learning is emerging at the nexis of experimental cognitive psychology and industry use cases for machine learning, particularly in gaming AI. The ability to measure results (risk-reducing evidence). Ensure a culture that supports a steady process of learning and experimentation.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 27, 2015

How about magazines? Yes, you can get some weak demographic or, a bit better, psychographic signals from surveys TV channels or magazines did. In large measure that is because of the rise of programmatic buying. It is being hyper-conservative when it comes to creativity and experimentation because of quant-issues.

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