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Thursday, January 29, 2004
Get Real About Faux Precision in Web Analytics
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Get Real About Faux Precision in Web Analytics
Following my last column, many industry folks shared their pet peeves with respect to Web and audience analytic systems. All raised important issues on the subject. One really struck a chord, so I decided to make it the topic for this column. I'll call it the Significant Figures Problem. It concerns the disconnect between the proclaimed precision in the tracking of Web behaviors and the incredible lack of precision in the underlying systems and methodologies. [ClickZ]
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categories: Web Analytics
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