Glossary Terms Flashcards
From the MarSci Study Guide provided by Facebook
What is a test that allows you to conduct experiments that compare multiple targeting groups or campaigns by splitting audiences into randomized and mutually exclusive groups?
A/B Test
What is a Facebook pixel feature that allows websites to pass additional site-visitor information (such as email addresses or phone numbers)?
Advanced Matching
What is a hypothesis contrary to a null hypothesis, that there’s a relationship between two measured phenomena or an association among groups?
Alternative Hypothesis
What defines how software components communicate?
An API (Application Programming Interface)
What is the practice of assigning value to various marketing efforts?
Attribution
What determines how credit is given to touchpoints for a conversion, or the logic that determines how credit is given to touchpoints for a conversion?
Attribution Model
What three things can Attribution Model logic be based on?
A rule, a set of rules, or a statistical model.
What is the finite period of time during which conversions can be credited to a particular ad?
Attribution Window
What is an ad buying methodology in which the ads run based on the maximum bid and performance, where ads compete against each other in this process and the system determines the ones most likely to be successful to be displayed?
Auction
What is the amount an advertiser is willing to pay to achieve their desired outcome?
A Bid
What is a bid strategy that enables advertisers to set a maximum bid Facebook can use in each auction?
Bid Cap
What adjusts a bid or which auctions to enter based on how much budget and time are left for an ad set?
Bid Pacing
What is a setting in Ads Manager and Reporting that helps Facebook determine how to spend a budget to compete in a Facebook auction?
Bid Strategy
What is a measurement product that uses experimental design (randomized control trials) to detect brand impact that might be caused by ads run on Facebook?
Brand Lift
What is the amount of marketing expenditure allotted for each marketing activity?
Budget Allocation
What is one of the options in Ads Manager that determines the method by which you purchase ads on Facebook, either through auction or reach and frequency?
Buying Type
What is the number of times an ad or a link to a web page is clicked, compared with the number of times it’s displayed?
CTR (Click-Through Rate)
What is the group in an experiment or test for which none of the factors in the test are variable? It’s used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the test.
Control Group
What measures how effectively your ads drove the interactions you’re measuring?
Conversion Efficiency
What is a Facebook product that uses randomized control trials (RCTs) to measure the number of incremental conversions that result from Facebook ads?
Conversion Lift (usually an uppercase “L” in “Lift.”)
What is also a marketing metric that quantifies the number of additional conversions that result from Facebook ads?
Conversion Lift (usually a lowercase “l” in “Lift.”)
What is the percent difference in conversions between the people who did and didn’t see your ads during a test?
Conversion Lift Percent
What is the (estimated) number of a desired action (or clicks, or impressions) divided by the number of times an ad is displayed?
Conversion Rate
The (estimated) number of times a link on a web page is clicked, compared with the number of times it’s displayed is an example of what metric?
Conversion Rate
What is the period of time considered between seeing an ad and acting upon it toward the ad’s main goal (like generating a lead or making a purchase)?
Conversion Window
What is the bid strategy that enables advertisers to set a maximum average cost per optimization event for an ad set?
Cost Cap
Which bid strategy is being used in this example: Facebook will keep the average cost as far below that amount as possible, but keep showing ads until it’s reached?
Cost Cap
What is the cost to the advertiser each time an ad prompts an action?
CPA (Cost Per Action)
What is the cost to the advertiser each time an ad is clicked?
CPC (Cost Per Click)
What is the average cost for 1,000 impressions of an ad, or the average revenue received for 1,000 impressions of an ad on apps or websites?
CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions)
What indicates outcomes related to advertising across numerous online or offline channels, such as Facebook and television?
Cross-Channel Measurement
What is a logged action based on a specific action you want audiences to take on your website, app, or offline?
Custom Event
What is a tool that enables businesses to manage customers’ contact information and interactions through the customer life cycle?
CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
What is the average amount you’re willing to spend on an ad set or campaign every day?
Daily Budget
What is the process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making?
Data Analysis
Fill in the Blanks: In today’s business world, ___ ___ helps businesses to operate more effectively and make decisions more scientific.
Data Analysis
What is a tool, connection, piece or code, or other object that collects information, such as Facebook pixel, Facebook SDK, or offline conversions?
Data Source
What provides Facebook Ad information that can be used for measurement and analysis?
Data Source
What is a variable whose value depends on that of another?
Dependent Variable
What is a logged action that people take on your website, app, or offline, usually used for capturing and measuring ad performance?
Event