Re:How Optimizely Almost Got Me Fired (2014)
by smu3l on Saturday January 09, 2016 @05:36PM
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Yes, this is incorrect.
Also the next sentence is wrong:
>You’ll often see statistical power conveyed as P90 or 90%. In other words, if there’s a 90% chance A is better than B, there’s a 10% chance B is better than A and you’ll actually get worse results.
Having a test w/ 90% power means that if A is truly better than B (for one sided) or A is truly different than B (two sided), then you'll detect it 90% of the time you run the test (on independent data).
Also the next sentence is wrong:
>You’ll often see statistical power conveyed as P90 or 90%. In other words, if there’s a 90% chance A is better than B, there’s a 10% chance B is better than A and you’ll actually get worse results.
Having a test w/ 90% power means that if A is truly better than B (for one sided) or A is truly different than B (two sided), then you'll detect it 90% of the time you run the test (on independent data).