Re:Lemonade Stand Operator A/B Tests His Attire - Suits FTW
by maudineormsby on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @11:49AM
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To be fair, this wasn't an A/B test. If it was actually an A/B test, he would be isolating one variable against a control. In this case, the variable he didn't control was time - maybe he made $5 on the day he wore jeans because the weather was bad or because he scowled at customers.
To be fair to the kid -
1) He's probably right about dressing the part. I wonder if he optimized; is a suit the best way to dress to increase Lemonade sales?
2) It's REALLY hard to isolate variables in this type of marketplace, even for corporations. So, in lieu of a side by side A/B test, what he did shows a lot of forethought for a teenager.
To be fair to the kid -
1) He's probably right about dressing the part. I wonder if he optimized; is a suit the best way to dress to increase Lemonade sales?
2) It's REALLY hard to isolate variables in this type of marketplace, even for corporations. So, in lieu of a side by side A/B test, what he did shows a lot of forethought for a teenager.