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A/B Testing

A/B testing is a controlled experiment methodology that compares alternative versions of a digital or operational element to measure causal effects on defined metrics using randomized assignment and statistical analysis, enabling enterprises to evaluate changes before broad rollout in production environments.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"ab-testing"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

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