Common terms we use when discussing personas at Faraday
Companion table to Personas - FAQ.|
Term |
Definition |
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Personas |
Faraday Personas are quantitatively developed using your first-party customer data, our third-party consumer data, and unsupervised machine learning (ML). At a high level, the ML algorithm sorts your enriched customer data into distinct groups, which are ultimately used to define your personas. |
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Clustering |
When clustering for personas, Faraday applies a version of the k-means clustering algorithm to sort your enriched customer data into groups based on a variety of consumer attributes from the Faraday Identity Graph (FIG). |
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Clusters/groups |
The distinct personas/output of the clustering analysis. The personas are called groups or clusters. |
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Post-hoc analysis |
After clustering, Faraday can apply first-party or FIG data to further analyze the already-determined clusters/groups/personas. |
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Distribution |
A frequently-visual description of the relative numbers of times each possible outcome is observed or expected to occur. |