I'm no statistician, but don't you have the same problem however long you run it... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		OJFord on Jan 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A/B test improved your website's conversion rate? ... I'm no statistician, but don't you have the same problem however long you run it? Giving even more time for slow conversions to amass? Also you and GP are calling the example fictitious, but seems to based on 'real traffic logs' via https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2623330.2623634

xibalba on Jan 7, 2022 [–]

We're taking the author at his word:

> "Let us consider the following fictitious example in which Larry the analyst of the internet company Nozama"

Nozama is Amazon backwards.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact