Post on 05-Jul-2015
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Knowledge, Uncertainty, and Ideology in
Digital Analytics
by
@jacqueswarren
Before I start….
WARNING!
It’s got wings?
Must be a bird.
KNOWLEDGE
FACTS AND INFORMATION
INFORMATION ABOUT FACTS
SKILLS ACQUIRED THROUGH INFORMATION
FACT-BASED SKILLS
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
What is Analysis?
What is Segmentation?
Visit Attributes
Visitor Attributes
Customer Attributes
Historical Nature of Data
HUH!?
UNCERTAINTY
CAN’T RELY ON
NOT DEFINITIVE
The Map is not the Territory
HOW MANY ERRORS DOES IT TAKE TO
MAKE A COMEDY?
We shape our tools,
and afterwards our
tools shape us.Paraphrasing Winston Churchill
IDEOLOGY
SET OF BELIEFS
OPINIONS
TRUTH
Are we susceptible to ideology?
beware of #measure!
- We must be on Social Media
- Google Adwords work
- Multi-channel customers are the most profitable
- Online Marketing is all about increasing conversion rates
- It is essential to blog regularly
- A 75% Bounce Rate is terrible
DECISION
A RESOLUTION
Emergencies
Politics
Priority Shifts
Weight of the Past
Fear of the Future
MONEY
Don’t make this your primary
decision-making tool!
ACTION
DO SOMETHING
ACHIEVE AN AIM
Analytics is Action
it is meaningful only as such
if not, it’s autism!
Is the patient better off?
HUMILITY
MODEST VIEW
QUALITY
How many analysts does
it take to pocket a ball?