Articles on meta analysis

What Can Be Learned From 1,001 A/B Tests?

Meta Analysis

How long does a typical A/B test run for? What percentage of A/B tests result in a ‘winner’? What is the average lift achieved in online controlled experiments? How good are top conversion rate optimization specialists at coming up with impactful interventions for websites and mobile apps? This meta-analysis of 1,001 A/B tests analyzed using […] Read more…

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Updates to Our A/B Testing Statistical Calculators

Meta Analysis Statistical Calculator

This short post presents several changes, updates, and new tool functionalities released in the past couple of months – some very recent, some less so. The updates concern all statistical calculators for design and analysis of A/B tests at Analytics-Toolkit.com and consist of the following: New tool: Statistical Calculator for Meta Analysis Quality of life […] Read more…

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What Can You Learn From Running an A/B Test for 2 Years?

AB Test Case Study

We just concluded an A/B test on Analytics-Toolkit.com that has been left to run for just over 2 years. And it failed, as in failing to demonstrate a statistically significant effect based on the significance threshold it was designed for. Has it been a waste of time, though, or can we actually learn something from […] Read more…

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Analysis of 115 A/B Tests: Average Lift is 4%, Most Lack Statistical Power

Observed Percent Change Significant

Oct 2022 update: A newer, much larger and likely less biased meta analysis of 1,001 tests is now available! What can you learn from 115 publicly available A/B tests? Usually, not much, since in most cases you would be looking at case studies with very basic data about what was tested and the outcome of […] Read more…

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