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Diagnosing a Product Metric Drop

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Problem

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You notice a key product metric has dropped below its recent baseline. Before escalating, you need to decide whether this is a real change or ordinary noise in the metric.

Question

How would you determine whether a product metric drop is statistically significant or due to normal variation?