Product Analytics/Consultation Hours
When and How to use Consultation Hours[edit]
The Product Analytics team hosts regular consultation hours for Wikimedia Foundation employees and contractors.
Consultation hours are a great time for you or your team to get guidance on:
- Available data
- Analytics tools (Superset, Turnilo)
- Designing experiments and A/B Tests
- Beginning analysis
- Validating analysis
- Reviewing assumptions
- Ensuring that correct data has been used to inform decisions
Appointments are available in 30 minute increments (feel free to book 2 back-to-back if needed) and can be booked on our Consultation Hours calendar.
When you book, please include a brief description of what you'd like to discuss.
If you can't find a time that works for you, email our team at product-analytics@wikimedia.org and we'll work with you to schedule a time
Specialty Areas By Topic[edit]
NOTE: Names are listed in alphabetical order, not by expertise/experience level.
Topic | Team member(s) to book appointment with |
---|---|
Datasets | |
MediaWiki database data, raw editing data in Data Lake | Irene, Megan, Mikhail, Morten, KC |
Mobile apps analytics | Mikhail, Shay |
Querying production data | Connie, Irene, Jennifer, Megan, Morten, Shay, KC |
Search usage and logs | Connie, Mikhail |
Web request (traffic) data | Mikhail, Morten |
Accessing data using MediaWiki API | Mikhail, KC |
Analysis | |
Cohort analysis | Morten, Shay |
Experiment design and A/B testing | Jennifer, Megan, Mikhail, Morten, Shay |
Prior research on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects | Morten |
Statistical analysis | Connie, Mikhail, Morten, KC |
Survey design | Mikhail, KC |
Time series analysis and forecasting | Jennifer, Mikhail, Morten |
Miscellaneous | |
Analytics instrumentation planning | Jennifer, Megan, Mikhail, Morten, Shay |
Cross-team collaboration and dependency management | Mikhail |
Dashboarding with Superset | Everybody |
Data visualization | Megan, Mikhail |
Measurement plans, success metrics, and KPIs | Connie, Irene, Jennifer, Megan, Morten, Shay |
Using R | Connie, Jennifer, Megan, Morten, Mikhail |
Setting Up Consultation Hours (for Product Analytics team members)[edit]
Consultation hours are set up using Google Calendar's appointment slots. Information for how to set up an appointment slot is available here: Google Calendar Help: Appointment Slots.
When setting up consultation hours, input the following information:
- Title: [Your first name, last name initial] Consultation Hours
- Recommended total duration: 1 hour
- Slots with duration: 30 minutes
- Set the appointment slots to repeat weekly
- Choose "Product Analytics Team Calendar" as the calendar
- Guest: Make sure to invite yourself! Otherwise, you will not be notified if someone signs up for your consultation hours.
- Enter the following into the description field:
ATTENTION: Please include what you'd like to discuss in this description
Analytics tools (Superset, Turnilo) Designing experiments and A/B Tests Beginning analysis Validating analysis Reviewing assumptions Ensuring that correct data has been used to inform decisions |
See the following screenshot for an example: