Download - The true meaning of data by Maciej Dabrowski
The true meaning of dataData Science meets Marketing
Maciej DabrowskiChief Data Scientist, Altocloud
Altocloud
Real-time analytics
Real-time for us is under 1-5s
Q: How many customers are currently on my website?
Q: How many customers are looking at the new article?
Q: How many people from Dublin who spent over 20 minutes on a star wars product page end up spending over €100?
Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Q: Which customers currently on my site are likely to convert?
This talk
What is Data Science?
Common traps in data analysis
Data Science and Marketing
Data Science
Data Scientist
Human (storytelling) vs. Machine analytics (Machine Learning)
Type A (analytical/statistician) vs. Type B (builder/engineer)
Data Science
Select a question and a metricWho is likely to convert? (purchase/conversion rate)
Collect relevant dataUser behaviour (page views) and demographics (device)
Analyse the data and discover patterns10% of returning customers who visit my website on their iPhone after 8pm and spend over 20 minutes end up buying.
Common problems
Am I using correct metrics to answer my question?
What is the quality/accuracy of my data?
Do I use correct visuals and draw the right conclusions?
Metrics
Metrics
Common metrics:number of sessions/visitsnumber of unique visitorstotal salestime on site
Other metricsconversion rate (percentage)
Is the metric accurate?
Monthly visits
Is the metric accurate?
Daily visits
Metrics
Make sure that you understand how your metric worksHow are the visits counted?
Always challenge the quality of your dataWhat events can influence my metrics?
Use the right metric for the job absolute value vs. percentage
Presentation
Label your axes!
Presentation
Label your axes correctly!
Tricks to make your data look better
Less is more
Overloaded dashboards may hide important facts about data.
Focus on what you want to knowUse charts when you care about trendsUse numbers when you care about absolute valuesUse pie charts when you care about percentages
Simplicity allows you to understand data quicker and easier.
Correlation vs. causation
Correlation vs. causation
Conclusion: Science is depressing!
Correlation vs. causation
Conclusion: Cheese makes you more likely to get killed by your bedsheets
Correlation vs. Causation
Conclusion: Eating margarine will get you divorced!
Data Science for Marketing
Content marketingWhich content has the potential to go viral
Marketing successPredict the success of marketing campaigns
Customer analysisPredict churnSegment your customers
Amazon Machine Learning
Easy to start
Does not require complex knowledge of Machine Learning techniques and algorithms
Require to move your data to the cloud
Big ML
R Project
Free desktop tool
Very powerful for advance statistics
Can work with Big Data platforms (Spark)
Requires more knowledge about stats
Summary
Make sure that you understand your data and metrics
Less is more in analytics dashboards
Correlation is not causation
Data science does not require very complex tools!
