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A/B test

noun/ˌeɪ ˈbiː tɛst/

C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A controlled experiment that randomly splits users between two variants to measure which performs better on a chosen metric.

We ran an A/B test on the pricing page and the shorter copy won by 6%.

Similar: split test

Topic: Data & analytics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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