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Diagnosing a 10% Metric Drop

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If our core engagement metric drops by 10% overnight, what is your systematic process for diagnosing the root cause?

Treat the metric definition and product context as unspecified. Explain how you would distinguish a measurement or data-quality issue from a genuine user-behavior change, decompose the movement, prioritize hypotheses, and communicate findings.

  1. State the diagnostic sequence and decision points.
  2. Identify the data and segment cuts you would use.
  3. Propose validation checks, follow-up analyses, and actions for the most likely causes.