quantitative information architecture - oz ia 2010
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Information Architecture AnalyticsHow Data can drive IA Decisions
Oz IA 2010Samantha Starmer
@samanthastarmer
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Remember IAs are like Robin Hood
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Others talking about analytics
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Quick and Dirty Introduction
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QUANTITATIVE: type of information based in quantities or else
quantifiable data (objective properties) —as opposed to
qualitative information which deals with apparent qualities (subjective
properties).
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huh?
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QUANTITATIVE = Measurable
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can help understand what people actually do versus what
they say they do...
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quant vs. qual?
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2 great tastes that taste great together…
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Quant AND Qual
• Do people research online and purchase in store?
• Are there categories where this happens in more often?
• Are there different research needs depending upon customer?
• At category level what are the differences that are important to getting a customer to buy? (e.g. Is zoom of differing importance for a power bar vs. a bike?)
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Wolf in Sheep’s clothing
you have probably already done some
form of quantitative
analysis
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Content types have a weak correlation (avg 20%).
Activities have a strong correlation (avg 70%).
Our old friend Card sorting
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Why should I care?
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Quantitative analysis can help you get
your way.
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REI: Traffic to Find Out Tab3.3% of total Global Navigation
Of that 3.3%1. Local REI Events = 49.3%2. Expert Advice =16%3. REI Outdoor School =13.3%4. Volunteering = 7.7%5. REI Adventures = 5.2%6. REI & Families = 4.6%7. REI & Youth = 3.9%
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Quantitative analysis can
stop fights
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Quantitative analysis can help you make money
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Multi-variant Testing
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Quantitative analysis can make
you popular
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Error pages
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Pathing Analysis
Does your IA fit your users’ mental models?
Top entry pagesTop exit pages
Where people are converting
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Customer Satisfaction
Good entry for Marketing people and IA to start working
together
Longitudinal trends
Just one measure; don’t use by itself!
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Predictive Modeling
Patterns of customer behavior can allow you to
model relevant experiences
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Don’t Measure just to Measure
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Before you provide the data, ask the requestor what is the business question they are trying to answer.
Then fulfill that need.
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Getting started
1. What? 2. Why? 3. How? 4. What next?5. What later?
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Things to think about
1. What is being measured?2. Why should we measure it?3. How can we measure it?4. What should we do to improve the
experience driving this metric?5. How should we measure and analyze this
metric going forward?
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1. What is being measured?2. Why should we measure it?3. How can we measure it?4. What should we do to improve the experience ?5. How should we measure and analyze this going forward?
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Bounce Rate
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Now what?
• Start small • Many tools free or cheap • Consider hiring someone who can focus on
analytics – it is a skill set• Try to avoid bias; even the act of measuring
can be influenced• Synthesize quantitative analysis with
qualitative (the what and the why)
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Learn more…
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Avinash Kaushik: