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Metrics and analytics

Build a measurement system that supports decisions instead of decorating reports.

Dashboards and the rhythm of management

How to build product dashboards and review rhythm metrics: audiences, levels of detail, alerts and data decisions.

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Experiments: A/A, A/B, power

A/A and A/B tests for the product: hypothesis, power, sample size, duration, metrics and typical analysis errors.

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Fannel, cohorts, retention

Funnel, cohort and retention practice: event definitions, segments, periods, retention curves, and diagnosis.

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Misinterpretation of data

Typical errors in product analytics are sample bias, correlation and causality confusion, average values, and multiple checks.

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North Star + input metrics

How to choose North Star Metric and Input Metrics: Good Score Criteria, Decomposition and Protection from Local Optimization

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Product metric system

How to build a system of product metrics: outcome, North Star, input metrics, guardrails, cause tree and owners.

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SQL for the product (minimum)

Minimum SQL for the product manager: SELECT, JOIN, aggregations, terms, dates, window functions and check the result of the query.

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