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Multi-Armed Bandit: When to Do Bandit Tests Instead of A/B Tests

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First, let’s dive into bandit testing and talk a bit about the history of the N-armed bandit problem. What is bandit testing? The practical differences between A/B testing and bandit testing Explore-exploit Benefits of bandit testing A few flavors of bandit methodology Epsilon-greedy method What about other algorithms?

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A/B testing alternatives for low-traffic websites

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In a world where A/B tests are done by over 70% of online businesses , choosing not to follow a data-driven methodology to make informed decisions on website changes might seem unreasonable. Or if your management refuses to justify the costs of A/B testing? Alternatives to A/B testing for low-traffic sites.

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Predicting Winning A/B Tests Using Repeatable Patterns

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If you ever ran a highly trustworthy and positive a/b test, chances are that you’ll remember it with an inclination to try it again in the future – rightfully so. Testing is hard work with many experiments failing or ending up insignificant. In our own practice we started doing just that.

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A/B Testing on Facebook: How to Do It Right

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One of the most popular tools Facebook offers is A/B testing. A/B testing , or split testing, is a term used to describe the process of running marketing experiments to see which version connects better with your audience. Here, let's dive into how you can A/B test your marketing ads on Facebook.

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How to Estimate a “Net Value” for Your A/B Testing Program

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In my experience, I find that teams and organizations report many winning A/B tests with high uplifts, but somehow they don’t seem to bring those uplifts in reality. Five types of A/B test “wins” can exaggerate discovered uplifts. These five types of winners show up in every experimentation program. False winners.

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How to Segment A/B Test Results to Find Gold

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You run an A/B test , and it’s a winner. Does it mean that the treatments that you tested didn’t resonate with anyone? If you target all visitors with the A/B test, it merely reports overall results – and ignores what happens in a portion of your traffic, in segments. Probably not. Your users are different.

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Ignorant No More: Crash Course on A/B Testing Statistics

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If you don’t know basic statistics, you won’t be able to tell whether your tests suck. Why Do I Need to Know A/B Testing Statistics? It’s probably a lot more fun to put up a test between a red and green button and wait until your testing tool tells you one of them has beat the other.