Glossary · Metrics
Metrics
Metric pages will connect formulas to denominators, business outcomes, guardrails, and experiment use cases.
Glossary terms
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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.
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Plan tests that can answer a useful question without creating avoidable validity risks.
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Checks that determine whether an experiment result can be trusted before it informs a decision.
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Concepts for understanding user behavior, product value, and the outcomes experiments are meant to improve.
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Responsible measurement concepts for experimentation, marketing, and product analytics.