Design the test before you spend the budget
Power, placebo checks and comparison regions, explained for marketers.
Topic
Geo tests and holdouts: design, power, placebo checks and honest readouts.
Power, placebo checks and comparison regions, explained for marketers.
Early results swing. Locking the readout protects the decision.
Running geo holdouts when brand risk, compliance and senior attention are real constraints.
Calibration: making models and experiments check each other.
Checking your result against places where nothing happened.