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HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)
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HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)

by Harvard Business Review
March 2018
Beginner
256 pages
3h 56m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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CHAPTER 5

How to Design a Business Experiment

by Oliver Hauser and Michael Luca

The rise of experimental evaluations within organizations—or what economists refer to as field experiments—has the potential to transform organizational decision making, providing fresh insight into areas ranging from product design to human resources to public policy. Companies that invest in randomized evaluations can gain a game-changing advantage.

Yet while there has been a rapid growth in experiments, especially within tech companies, we’ve seen too many run incorrectly. Even when they’re set up properly, avoidable mistakes often happen during implementation. As a result, many organizations fail to receive the real benefits of the scientific method.

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