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SQL Top Five Users by EngagementMedium
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Rank the five most engaged users for a month using weighted engagement totals and deterministic tie-breaking.

Date FunctionsJoinsRankingPerplexity AI
Statistical Significance with Small SamplesHard

Explain when exact, permutation, or Bayesian methods are appropriate for determining significance with a small experiment sample.

experiment designMDEStatistical SignificancePerplexity AI
Bayesian vs Frequentist ChoiceHard

Explain when Bayesian inference is preferable to frequentist analysis, including priors, uncertainty, decision context, and model assumptions.

Decision MakingBayesian ReasoningHypothesis TestingPerplexity AI
Diagnose a Metric DropHard

Explain how you diagnosed a metric decline, separated competing hypotheses, and converted the findings into actions.

KPIsroot cause analysisdiagnostic processPerplexity AI
Design a New Engagement MetricHard

Define a meaningful engagement metric for a retail analytics mobile application and explain how to validate it.

product metricsMetricsuser engagementPerplexity AI
7-Day Rolling User Average in SQLMedium
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Calculate each user's seven-day rolling average of daily events using PostgreSQL window functions.

Window FunctionsDate FunctionsData ManipulationPerplexity AI
Statistical Significance MethodsHard

Explain how to design, test, and validate analyses so statistical significance is reliable rather than a result of sampling noise or repeated testing.

Hypothesis TestingData AnalysisStatistical SignificancePerplexity AI
Ranking Test for App DiscoveryMedium

Design an A/B test for a new app-store ranking algorithm, including primary metrics, guardrails, sample size, and launch criteria.

MDEGuardrail MetricsSample Ratio MismatchPerplexity AI
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