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Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total NonsenseBook

by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton

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Experimentation expert who led A/B testing at Airbnb, Microsoft and Amazon; co-author of Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments.
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a slightly older book that I love called hard facts dangerous half-truths and total nonsense uh by the Stanford professors from The Graduate School of Business

Lenny's Podcast, "The ultimate guide to A/B testing", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).

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