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Interpret Results and Address Multiple Testing Concerns

Last updated: Mar 29, 2026

Quick Overview

This question evaluates a data scientist's understanding of hypothesis testing, multiple comparisons, false positive control, and the interpretation of A/B experiment outcomes across multiple independent brands.

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Interpret Results and Address Multiple Testing Concerns

Company: Attentive

Role: Data Scientist

Category: Analytics & Experimentation

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

##### Scenario A company runs an A/B experiment on a new message-sending method across 30 independent brands; each brand splits users 50/50 into control and test with α = 0.05. ##### Question Given that 2 brands show a statistically significant lift, 1 shows a statistically significant drop, and the remaining 27 show no significance, what conclusion(s) can you draw? How would you account for multiple testing in your answer? ##### Hints Think about expected false positives at α=0.05, family-wise error rate vs. FDR, and whether observed significant results exceed chance.

Quick Answer: This question evaluates a data scientist's understanding of hypothesis testing, multiple comparisons, false positive control, and the interpretation of A/B experiment outcomes across multiple independent brands.

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Experiment Interpretation with Multiple Testing

Context

  • An A/B experiment is run independently across 30 brands.
  • Within each brand, users are split 50/50 into Control vs Test.
  • Per-brand hypothesis tests use α = 0.05 (assume two-sided tests and independence across brands).

Question

You observe:

  • 2 brands show a statistically significant lift,
  • 1 brand shows a statistically significant drop,
  • 27 brands show no statistically significant difference.

What conclusions can you draw from these results? How would you account for multiple testing in your answer?

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