Recommended Framework
Understand the four steps to skillfully answer the investigating metric questions.
Let’s go through our recommended framework for tackling these types of problems.
Clarification
Given any scenario, we can first lay out the solution in four steps.
The first step is to clarify the question.
This means understanding exactly what is being asked – for instance, when they ask us about friend requests dropping by 10%, do they mean friend requests sent or friend requests accepted?
Gather context
The second step is to ...