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Analytics for Product Teams

Reading a metric properly: variation, base rates, and knowing when a change is not a change.

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Courses
13
Hours
18
Modules
4

Written for the people who read dashboards rather than build them. There is no SQL on this path and no apology for that.

Assessed on a one-page readout of a real dataset, marked on whether the conclusion follows from the evidence.

The sequence

Modules unlock in order. You finish one before the next opens, which is the point of a path rather than a playlist.

  1. 01

    What a metric is for

    Choosing the one number a team should argue about.

  2. 02

    Noise and signal

    Reading a dashboard without reacting to weather.

  3. 03

    Experiments you can trust

    Sample size, duration, and stopping rules set in advance.

  4. 04

    Telling the story

    Presenting a result so a room makes a decision.

What you can do afterwards

The assessment checks these directly, against a rubric published before you start.

Before you start None. Written for designers, engineers and product managers rather than for analysts.

  • Tell a real movement from ordinary variation.
  • Set a stopping rule before you look at the result.
  • Present a finding without overclaiming it.

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