From the course: The Data Science of Experimental Design

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Systems ready for experimental testing

Systems ready for experimental testing

From the course: The Data Science of Experimental Design

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Systems ready for experimental testing

- [Narrator] So, when should you do an experiment? Now I'm going to talk to you about the perfect situation in which to do an experiment. Remember, a test is going to be done on the entire system, so the entire system has to be ready for testing, like that case study of my friend at the education company. If they change the application process for their courses, it will change everything about their system, like how many sales they will ultimately expect. But what I didn't really mention is not only do you need to have the business part of the system in order before you do an experiment, but you need the management part of the system to be in order as well. Okay, let's imagine that the business part is in good shape for an experiment. Maybe you are on a team that launched an app last year and you have a stable customer base and you have not really changed your app in awhile. That's a very predictable system, you know what to…

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