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Metrics

Metric pages will connect formulas to denominators, business outcomes, guardrails, and experiment use cases.

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Absolute Difference

The percentage-point change between variants and why it should accompany relative uplift.

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)

The recurring subscription-revenue measure and its place in monetization decisions.

Average Order Value (AOV)

Revenue per order, its formula, and ecommerce trade-offs beyond conversion.

Average Revenue per User (ARPU)

Revenue normalized by users, denominator choices, and skewed-distribution pitfalls.

Baseline Conversion Rate

The current conversion estimate used to plan sample size, MDE, and test duration.

Bounce Rate

What a bounce measures, why tool definitions differ, and how to use it carefully.

Churn Rate

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Click Rate

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Click-Through Rate (CTR)

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Completion Rate

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Conversion

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Conversion Funnel

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Conversion Rate

User, session, funnel-step, and qualified conversion formulas.

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Customer Retention

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Delta

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Drop-off Rate

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Effect Size

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Engagement Rate

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Feature Adoption

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Funnel

Definition, calculation context, and use in experiment decisions.

Guardrail Metric

Protecting performance, quality, trust, and long-term outcomes.

LTV / CLV

Lifetime value, acquisition economics, and experiment trade-offs.

Retention Rate

Cohorts, time windows, churn, and long-term experiment outcomes.

Revenue per Visitor

Why conversion rate alone can mislead ecommerce decisions.

Uplift

Absolute difference, relative uplift, percentage points, and business impact.