79. Analogy
Question: How likely is it that my
analytics or site are broken?
Non-Answer: We only go a whole day
with no conversions once every 2
months.
81. Interpreting the P-value
Question: How likely is it that this
variation actually does nothing?
Non-Answer: We’d only see a
difference this big 5% of the time.
82. Meanwhile in Industry Tools:
● “Chance to beat baseline”
● “We are 95% certain that the changes
in test “B” will improve your
conversion rate”
97. A Good A/B Test Result:
“10% Uplift, With 95%
Significance”
98. But what about this?
“10% Uplift, With 60%
Significance”
99. Jargon: P-Value
● The chance of a result this extreme if
the null hypothesis is true
● E.g. 0.05 for 95% significance
100. “10% Uplift, With 60% Significance”
● 40% chance of data at least this
extreme if variation functionally
identical
101. “10% Uplift, With 60% Significance”
● 40% chance of data at least this
extreme if variation functionally
identical
● The variation is probably better than
the baseline