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Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning

You're reading from   Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning Perform data mining and machine learning efficiently using Python and Spark

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280748
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Frank Kane Frank Kane
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Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Statistics and Probability Refresher, and Python Practice 3. Matplotlib and Advanced Probability Concepts 4. Predictive Models 5. Machine Learning with Python 6. Recommender Systems 7. More Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques 8. Dealing with Real-World Data 9. Apache Spark - Machine Learning on Big Data 10. Testing and Experimental Design

A/B test gotchas

An important point I want to make is that the results of an A/B test, even when you measure them in a principled manner using p-values, is not gospel. There are many effects that can actually skew the results of your experiment and cause you to make the wrong decision. Let's go through a few of these and let you know how to watch out for them. Let's talk about some gotchas with A/B tests.

It sounds really official to say there's a p-value of 1 percent, meaning there's only a 1 percent chance that a given experiment was due to spurious results or random variation, but it's still not the be-all and end-all of measuring success for an experiment. There are many things that can skew or conflate your results that you need to be aware of. So, even if you see a p-value that looks very encouraging, your experiment could still be lying to you,...

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