Re:You don't need JavaScript for that
by swiftcoder on Sunday December 03, 2023 @05:24AM
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> No, it doesn't. It tests which one is more positive, not which is is positive.
"positive" in the sense of "always answering questions with 'yes'", not in the sense of "positive numbers". Turns out when you start linking people's compensation to their datascience results, the results start to lean in whatever direction optimises for compensation...
> That isn't an A/B test.
A series of A/B tests. All the alternatives failed to produce better metrics than the status quo, so everyone became satisfied that their local minima was optimal
"positive" in the sense of "always answering questions with 'yes'", not in the sense of "positive numbers". Turns out when you start linking people's compensation to their datascience results, the results start to lean in whatever direction optimises for compensation...
> That isn't an A/B test.
A series of A/B tests. All the alternatives failed to produce better metrics than the status quo, so everyone became satisfied that their local minima was optimal