SOFTWARE ENGINEER & SDET

Jennifer Montgomery

Backend · full-stack · quality engineering

COURSEWORK / E-NEWS EXPRESS

Statistical testing and A/B analysis

Would a redesigned news landing page help turn more visitors into subscribers?

← Coursework on resume

Completed UT Austin postgraduate coursework using a supplied scenario, dataset, and starter notebook. The charts below come from my completed notebook.

BUSINESS STATISTICS

E-news Express

COURSE FOCUS

Experimental analysis and hypothesis testing

LIBRARIES USED

pandas, NumPy, SciPy, statsmodels, Seaborn, Matplotlib

The supplied data

The supplied experiment randomly assigned 100 visitors to an existing or redesigned landing page. Each record contained the page version, time spent, subscription outcome, and preferred language. The task was to compare engagement and conversion, then explore whether the result varied by language.

What I did

  • Checked the data, summarized page and language groups, and plotted engagement and conversion.
  • Used an independent-samples t-test for time on page and a two-proportion z-test for conversion.
  • Used a chi-square test and ANOVA for the two language questions, then reviewed segment patterns alongside the overall result.
Grouped bars compare subscription counts between old and new landing pages.
From the notebook: the overall conversion comparison that motivated the hypothesis test. Open chart ↗
Bar charts compare converted and unconverted visitor counts on old and new pages for Spanish, English, and French language groups.
From the notebook: the English segment moved in the opposite direction from the overall result. Small groups call for follow-up rather than a firm segment-level claim. Open chart ↗

Finding in the course dataset

The new page showed higher average time and conversion overall. The English-language subgroup was an exception on conversion, so my recommendation was to inspect the page content and test another iteration before a broad decision.

Learning reinforced

This project connected business questions to the right statistical tests and showed why a statistically significant overall result still needs careful segment review and plain-language interpretation.