Spirits, Claws, and Analytics — A study in superstition and science




Podcasts – UIE Brain Sparks show

Summary: The innate problem with analytics packages is they tell you if something is happening but not why. With the sheer number of numbers that you can look it, it can be hard to determine if something is even important. If it’s tracked, it must be important, right?<br> <br> Much like superstition, something that is believed to be an important metric may not apply to the reality of your product or service’s experience. Understanding the behavior of your users, introducing some science, is what leads to greater context and insight.