Analyze A/B Test Results¶

Table of Contents¶

Introduction
Part I - Probability
Part II - A/B Test
Part III - Regression

Introduction¶

A/B tests are very commonly performed by data analysts and data scientists. It is important that you get some practice working with the difficulties of these

Part I - Probability¶

To get started, let's import our libraries.

In [1]:

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import random
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from statsmodels.stats.outliers_influence import variance_inflation_factor
from patsy import dmatrices

%matplotlib inline
#We are setting the seed to assure you get the same answers on quizzes as we set up
random.seed(42)

1. Now, read in the ab_data.csv data. Store it in df.

a. Read in the dataset and take a look at the top few rows

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df = pd.read_csv('ab_data.csv')
df.head()

Out[2]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted
0	851104	2017-01-21 22:11:48.556739	control	old_page	0
1	804228	2017-01-12 08:01:45.159739	control	old_page	0
2	661590	2017-01-11 16:55:06.154213	treatment	new_page	0
3	853541	2017-01-08 18:28:03.143765	treatment	new_page	0
4	864975	2017-01-21 01:52:26.210827	control	old_page	1

b. Use the cell below to find the number of rows in the dataset.

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df.shape[0]

Out[3]:

c. The number of unique users in the dataset.

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df.nunique().user_id

Out[4]:

d. The proportion of users converted.

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df.converted.mean()

Out[5]:

0.11965919355605512

e. The number of times the new_page and treatment don't match.

In [6]:

df_treatment_old = df.query('group == "treatment" and landing_page == "old_page"')
df_control_new = df.query('group == "control" and landing_page == "new_page"')
pd.concat([df_treatment_old, df_control_new]).user_id.count()

Out[6]:

f. Do any of the rows have missing values?

In [7]:

df.isna().sum()

Out[7]:

user_id         0
timestamp       0
group           0
landing_page    0
converted       0
dtype: int64

2. For the rows where treatment does not match with new_page or control does not match with old_page, we cannot be sure if this row truly received the new or old page.

a. Store your new dataframe in df2.

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df2 = df.drop(df_treatment_old.index)
df2 = df2.drop(df_control_new.index)

In [9]:

# Double Check all of the correct rows were removed - this should be 0
df2[((df2['group'] == 'treatment') == (df2['landing_page'] == 'new_page')) == False].shape[0]

Out[9]:

3. Use df2 and the cells below to answer questions

a. How many unique user_ids are in df2?

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df2.user_id.nunique()

Out[10]:

b. There is one user_id repeated in df2. What is it?

In [11]:

df2[df2.user_id.duplicated() == True]

Out[11]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted
2893	773192	2017-01-14 02:55:59.590927	treatment	new_page	0

c. What is the row information for the repeat user_id?

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df2[df2.user_id.duplicated() == True]

Out[12]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted
2893	773192	2017-01-14 02:55:59.590927	treatment	new_page	0

d. Remove one of the rows with a duplicate user_id, but keep your dataframe as df2.

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df2.drop(df2[df2.user_id.duplicated() == True].index, inplace=True)

4. Use df2 in the cells below to answer the quiz questions

a. What is the probability of an individual converting regardless of the page they receive?

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df2.converted.mean()

Out[14]:

0.11959708724499628

b. Given that an individual was in the control group, what is the probability they converted?

In [15]:

df2.query('group == "control"').converted.mean()

Out[15]:

0.1203863045004612

c. Given that an individual was in the treatment group, what is the probability they converted?

In [16]:

df2.query('group == "treatment"').converted.mean()

Out[16]:

0.11880806551510564

d. What is the probability that an individual received the new page?

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df2.query('landing_page == "new_page"').user_id.count() / df2.shape[0]

Out[17]:

0.50006194422266881

e. Consider your results from parts (a) through (d) above, and explain below whether you think there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the new treatment page leads to more conversions.

No, the treatment group has a less probability than the control group. Therefore, there is no evidence to conclude that the new treatment page leads to more conversions.

Part II - A/B Test¶

Notice that because of the time stamp associated with each event, you could technically run a hypothesis test continuously as each observation was observed.

However, then the hard question is do you stop as soon as one page is considered significantly better than another or does it need to happen consistently for a certain amount of time? How long do you run to render a decision that neither page is better than another?

These questions are the difficult parts associated with A/B tests in general.

1. For now, consider you need to make the decision just based on all the data provided. If you want to assume that the old page is better unless the new page proves to be definitely better at a Type I error rate of 5%, what should your null and alternative hypotheses be? You can state your hypothesis in terms of words or in terms of $p_{old}$ and $p_{new}$ , which are the converted rates for the old and new pages.

$H_0$ : $p_{new}$ - $p_{old}$ ≤ 0

$H_1$ : $p_{new}$ - $p_{old}$ > 0

2. Assume under the null hypothesis, $p_{new}$ and $p_{old}$ both have "true" success rates equal to the converted success rate regardless of page - that is $p_{new}$ and $p_{old}$ are equal. Furthermore, assume they are equal to the converted rate in ab_data.csv regardless of the page.

Use a sample size for each page equal to the ones in ab_data.csv.

Perform the sampling distribution for the difference in converted between the two pages over 10,000 iterations of calculating an estimate from the null.

Use the cells below to provide the necessary parts of this simulation. If this doesn't make complete sense right now, it is okay we are going to work through the problems below to complete this problem.

a. What is the conversion rate for $p_{new}$ under the null?

In [18]:

df2.converted.mean()

Out[18]:

0.11959708724499628

b. What is the conversion rate for $p_{old}$ under the null?

In [19]:

df2.converted.mean()

Out[19]:

0.11959708724499628

c. What is $n_{new}$ , the number of individuals in the treatment group?

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df2.query('group == "treatment"').user_id.count()

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d. What is $n_{old}$ , the number of individuals in the control group?

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df2.query('group == "control"').user_id.count()

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e. Simulate $n_{new}$ transactions with a conversion rate of $p_{new}$ under the null. Store these $n_{new}$ 1's and 0's in new_page_converted.

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df2['new_page_converted'] = df2.query('landing_page == "new_page"').converted

In [23]:

df2.head()

Out[23]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted	new_page_converted
0	851104	2017-01-21 22:11:48.556739	control	old_page	0	NaN
1	804228	2017-01-12 08:01:45.159739	control	old_page	0	NaN
2	661590	2017-01-11 16:55:06.154213	treatment	new_page	0	0.0
3	853541	2017-01-08 18:28:03.143765	treatment	new_page	0	0.0
4	864975	2017-01-21 01:52:26.210827	control	old_page	1	NaN

f. Simulate $n_{old}$ transactions with a conversion rate of $p_{old}$ under the null. Store these $n_{old}$ 1's and 0's in old_page_converted.

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df2['old_page_converted'] = df2.query('landing_page == "old_page"').converted

g. Find $p_{new}$ - $p_{old}$ for your simulated values from part (e) and (f).

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observed_diff = df2.new_page_converted.mean() - df2.old_page_converted.mean()

h. Create 10,000 $p_{new}$ - $p_{old}$ values using the same simulation process you used in parts (a) through (g) above. Store all 10,000 values in a NumPy array called p_diffs.

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diffs_list = []
sample_size = df2.shape[0]
for _ in range(10000):
    sample_df = df2.sample(sample_size, replace=True)
    pro_new = sample_df.query('landing_page == "new_page"').converted.mean()
    pro_old = sample_df.query('landing_page == "old_page"').converted.mean()
    diff = pro_new - pro_old
    diffs_list.append(diff)
p_diffs = np.array(diffs_list)

i. Plot a histogram of the p_diffs. Does this plot look like what you expected? Use the matching problem in the classroom to assure you fully understand what was computed here.

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plt.hist(p_diffs, facecolor='g', alpha=0.75);

This graph follows the normal distribution. It is because of the central limit theorem

j. What proportion of the p_diffs are greater than the actual difference observed in ab_data.csv?

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(p_diffs > observed_diff).mean()

Out[28]:

0.50519999999999998

In [29]:

null_mean = 0
null_vals = np.random.normal(null_mean, p_diffs.std(), sample_size)
plt.hist(null_vals);

plt.axvline(x=observed_diff, color = 'red');

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p_val = (null_vals > observed_diff).mean()
p_val

Out[30]:

0.90307449825179642

k. Please explain using the vocabulary you've learned in this course what you just computed in part j. What is this value called in scientific studies? What does this value mean in terms of whether or not there is a difference between the new and old pages?

It is the p-value. This p-value is greater than 0.05 so that we cannot reject the null hypothesis. We can conclude there is not differene between the new and old pages

l. We could also use a built-in to achieve similar results. Though using the built-in might be easier to code, the above portions are a walkthrough of the ideas that are critical to correctly thinking about statistical significance. Fill in the below to calculate the number of conversions for each page, as well as the number of individuals who received each page. Let n_old and n_new refer the the number of rows associated with the old page and new pages, respectively.

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import statsmodels.api as sm

convert_old = df2.query('landing_page == "old_page"').converted.sum()
convert_new = df2.query('landing_page == "new_page"').converted.sum()
n_old = df2.query('landing_page == "old_page"').user_id.count()
n_new = df2.query('landing_page == "new_page"').user_id.count()

/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/statsmodels/compat/pandas.py:56: FutureWarning: The pandas.core.datetools module is deprecated and will be removed in a future version. Please use the pandas.tseries module instead.
  from pandas.core import datetools

In [32]:

df2.query('landing_page == "old_page"').converted.sum(), df2.query('landing_page == "old_page"').user_id.count()

Out[32]:

(17489, 145274)

m. Now use stats.proportions_ztest to compute your test statistic and p-value. Here is a helpful link on using the built in.

In [33]:

count = np.array([convert_new, convert_old])
nobs = np.array([n_new, n_old])

z_score, p_val_z = sm.stats.proportions_ztest(count, nobs, alternative='larger')
z_score, p_val_z

Out[33]:

(-1.3109241984234394, 0.90505831275902449)

n. What do the z-score and p-value you computed in the previous question mean for the conversion rates of the old and new pages? Do they agree with the findings in parts j. and k.?

z-score is -1.310924, and the p-value is 0.905058 which is the same in parts j.

Part III - A regression approach¶

1. In this final part, you will see that the result you achieved in the A/B test in Part II above can also be achieved by performing regression.

a. Since each row is either a conversion or no conversion, what type of regression should you be performing in this case?

Logistic regression

b. The goal is to use statsmodels to fit the regression model you specified in part a. to see if there is a significant difference in conversion based on which page a customer receives. However, you first need to create in df2 a column for the intercept, and create a dummy variable column for which page each user received. Add an intercept column, as well as an ab_page column, which is 1 when an individual receives the treatment and 0 if control.

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df2['intercept'] = 1
df2[['ab_page', 'ab_page_temp']] = pd.get_dummies(df2.landing_page)
df2.head()

Out[34]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted	new_page_converted	old_page_converted	intercept	ab_page	ab_page_temp
0	851104	2017-01-21 22:11:48.556739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0	1
1	804228	2017-01-12 08:01:45.159739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0	1
2	661590	2017-01-11 16:55:06.154213	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1	0
3	853541	2017-01-08 18:28:03.143765	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1	0
4	864975	2017-01-21 01:52:26.210827	control	old_page	1	NaN	1.0	1	0	1

In [35]:

df2.drop('ab_page_temp', axis=1, inplace=True)

In [36]:

df2.head()

Out[36]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted	new_page_converted	old_page_converted	intercept	ab_page
0	851104	2017-01-21 22:11:48.556739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0
1	804228	2017-01-12 08:01:45.159739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0
2	661590	2017-01-11 16:55:06.154213	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1
3	853541	2017-01-08 18:28:03.143765	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1
4	864975	2017-01-21 01:52:26.210827	control	old_page	1	NaN	1.0	1	0

c. Use statsmodels to instantiate your regression model on the two columns you created in part b., then fit the model using the two columns you created in part b. to predict whether or not an individual converts.

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logistic_model = sm.Logit(df2['converted'], df2[['intercept', 'ab_page']])
result = logistic_model.fit()
result.summary()

Optimization terminated successfully.
         Current function value: 0.366118
         Iterations 6

Out[37]:

Logit Regression Results
Dep. Variable:	converted	No. Observations:	290584
Model:	Logit	Df Residuals:	290582
Method:	MLE	Df Model:	1
Date:	Thu, 09 May 2019	Pseudo R-squ.:	8.077e-06
Time:	05:29:24	Log-Likelihood:	-1.0639e+05
converged:	True	LL-Null:	-1.0639e+05
		LLR p-value:	0.1899

	coef	std err	z	P>\|z\|	[0.025	0.975]
intercept	-1.9888	0.008	-246.669	0.000	-2.005	-1.973
ab_page	-0.0150	0.011	-1.311	0.190	-0.037	0.007

d. Provide the summary of your model below, and use it as necessary to answer the following questions.

In [38]:

np.exp(result.params)

Out[38]:

intercept    0.136863
ab_page      0.985123
dtype: float64

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e. What is the p-value associated with ab_page? Why does it differ from the value you found in Part II?

Hint: What are the null and alternative hypotheses associated with your regression model, and how do they compare to the null and alternative hypotheses in Part II?

p-value associated with ab_page is 0.19. The hypothesis in Part II is the difference between converted rates for the new and old pages is zero. But the hypothesis in Part III is there is no effect on conversion rates with repect to the new and old pages.

f. Now, you are considering other things that might influence whether or not an individual converts. Discuss why it is a good idea to consider other factors to add into your regression model. Are there any disadvantages to adding additional terms into your regression model?

Change Avertsion and Novelty effect might influence on individual convert rates. We should consider this kind of factors because there are many thing to influence on dependent variables. When we add additional variables into our regression model, it might be harder to interpret each variables.

g. Now along with testing if the conversion rate changes for different pages, also add an effect based on which country a user lives in. You will need to read in the countries.csv dataset and merge together your datasets on the appropriate rows. Here are the docs for joining tables.

Does it appear that country had an impact on conversion? Don't forget to create dummy variables for these country columns - Hint: You will need two columns for the three dummy variables. Provide the statistical output as well as a written response to answer this question.

In [39]:

df_additional = pd.read_csv('countries.csv')
df_additional.head()

Out[39]:

	user_id	country
0	834778	UK
1	928468	US
2	822059	UK
3	711597	UK
4	710616	UK

In [40]:

df2 = df2.join(df_additional.set_index('user_id'), on='user_id')

In [41]:

df2.head()

Out[41]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted	new_page_converted	old_page_converted	intercept	ab_page	country
0	851104	2017-01-21 22:11:48.556739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0	US
1	804228	2017-01-12 08:01:45.159739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0	US
2	661590	2017-01-11 16:55:06.154213	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1	US
3	853541	2017-01-08 18:28:03.143765	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1	US
4	864975	2017-01-21 01:52:26.210827	control	old_page	1	NaN	1.0	1	0	US

In [42]:

df2[['CA', 'UK', 'US']] = pd.get_dummies(df2.country)
df2.head()

Out[42]:

	user_id	timestamp	group	landing_page	converted	new_page_converted	old_page_converted	intercept	ab_page	country	US
0	851104	2017-01-21 22:11:48.556739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0	US	1
1	804228	2017-01-12 08:01:45.159739	control	old_page	0	NaN	0.0	1	0	US	1
2	661590	2017-01-11 16:55:06.154213	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1	US	1
3	853541	2017-01-08 18:28:03.143765	treatment	new_page	0	0.0	NaN	1	1	US	1
4	864975	2017-01-21 01:52:26.210827	control	old_page	1	NaN	1.0	1	0	US	1

In [43]:

logistic_model_add_country = sm.Logit(df2['converted'], df2[['intercept', 'ab_page', 'US', 'UK']])
result2 = logistic_model_add_country.fit()
result2.summary()

Optimization terminated successfully.
         Current function value: 0.366113
         Iterations 6

Out[43]:

Logit Regression Results
Dep. Variable:	converted	No. Observations:	290584
Model:	Logit	Df Residuals:	290580
Method:	MLE	Df Model:	3
Date:	Thu, 09 May 2019	Pseudo R-squ.:	2.323e-05
Time:	05:29:25	Log-Likelihood:	-1.0639e+05
converged:	True	LL-Null:	-1.0639e+05
		LLR p-value:	0.1760

	coef	std err	z	P>\|z\|	[0.025	0.975]
intercept	-2.0300	0.027	-76.249	0.000	-2.082	-1.978
ab_page	-0.0149	0.011	-1.307	0.191	-0.037	0.007
US	0.0408	0.027	1.516	0.130	-0.012	0.093
UK	0.0506	0.028	1.784	0.074	-0.005	0.106

In [44]:

np.exp(result2.params)

Out[44]:

intercept    0.131332
ab_page      0.985168
US           1.041599
UK           1.051944
dtype: float64

In [45]:

y, X = dmatrices('converted ~ ab_page + US + UK', df2, return_type = 'dataframe')

vif = pd.DataFrame()
vif["VIF Factor"] = [variance_inflation_factor(X.values, i) for i in range(X.shape[1])]
vif["features"] = X.columns 
vif

Out[45]:

	VIF Factor	features
0	21.055923	Intercept
1	1.000006	ab_page
2	4.502223	US
3	4.502236	UK

I think there is no different effects between countries.

h. Though you have now looked at the individual factors of country and page on conversion, we would now like to look at an interaction between page and country to see if there significant effects on conversion. Create the necessary additional columns, and fit the new model.

Provide the summary results, and your conclusions based on the results.

We cannot say new page is better.

In [46]:

from subprocess import call
call(['python', '-m', 'nbconvert', 'Analyze_ab_test_results_notebook.ipynb'])

Out[46]: