Behavioral Insights: one experiment a week
Behavioral Insights.
This week's selected articles are about successful data analysts/scientists, statistical power and small experiments. Let's go!
1. Succeeding as data analyst/scientist in small companies
Randy Au shares his experiences on what makes a data person succeed in small companies. You need to be able to do two things in parallel: "Help the company succeed TODAY & set up the company to be data driven TOMORROW." I would say that this is also true for data people at larger companies. [read more]
2. Harnessing statistical power for results you can trust
Nice refresher on core statistical concepts for everyone running A/B tests: sample size, minimum detectable effect, significance, and power level. [read more]
3. Blocking the 'Big Five' tech giants
Reporter Kashmir Hill did a personal experiment: she spent six weeks blocking Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from her life. [read more]
4. One experiment a week
Josh Seiden has two 'simple' rules to increase the agility in every organization: Rule 1: Everyone is a customer (including your peers, colleagues, and stakeholders). Rule 2: Everything is an experiment (treat everything you do as an opportunity to test your assumptions). Can you run one experiment each week in order to make progress on your initiative? [read more]
Happy experimenting!
— Kevin
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