Experiment Design for Concurrent Email Campaign and New Messaging Feature
Context: Marketing will run an email campaign at the same time Product ships a new in-product messaging feature. You need to measure the causal impact of each initiative on key metrics (e.g., activation, engagement, revenue) while allowing for the possibility that the two initiatives interact.
Questions
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Experiment design: How would you design experiments to isolate each feature’s effect while accounting for potential interaction?
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Sample sizing: How would you calculate sample size, statistical power, and test duration?
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Interaction handling: What strategies would you use to detect and handle interaction effects (e.g., factorial design, staggered rollouts)?
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Sequential testing: What are key considerations for sequential monitoring and maintaining statistical validity?