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A/B Test Significance Calculator
Check if your A/B test results are statistically significant and estimate the sample size needed for reliable conclusions.
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Not significant yet. Continue the test or increase traffic to reach a reliable conclusion.
Estimated visitors per variant for 80% power at the selected confidence level.
Conversion rate comparison
Control (A) vs variant (B) conversion rates.
How to use it
- Enter visitors and conversions for control A and variant B, then choose a confidence level. Use 95% for most product and marketing decisions and 99% when the change affects revenue, compliance, or a large user population.
- Read both conversion rates, relative lift, z-score, p-value, conclusion, required sample size, and the power message. A Borderline result means the data is close enough that peeking early could easily push you into a false decision.
- Interpret significance and effect size together. A result can be statistically significant but too small to matter commercially, while a large-looking lift with a Not Significant label usually means you need more traffic before shipping anything.
- Use the required sample size to decide whether to continue, stop, or redesign the experiment. Predefine the minimum lift worth shipping so a tiny 0.1-0.2 point improvement does not consume engineering effort with no meaningful business return.
- Re-run only after full business cycles or materially more traffic arrives. Track win rate and realized post-launch lift by experiment type so your testing program learns which kinds of hypotheses actually produce durable gains.
Questions people usually ask
What sample size do I need for a valid A/B test?
It depends on your baseline conversion rate and minimum detectable effect. To detect a 20% relative improvement on a 5% baseline (from 5% to 6%) at 95% confidence and 80% statistical power, you need approximately 4,800 visitors per variant. Smaller effects require dramatically larger samples — detecting a 10% relative improvement requires roughly 19,000 per variant.
What is the difference between statistical significance and practical significance?
A test can be statistically significant (very unlikely to be due to chance) but practically insignificant (effect too small to matter). A 0.1% conversion rate improvement may be p<0.01 with 500,000 visitors but generate only $200/month in additional revenue. Always evaluate effect size alongside p-value — significance without magnitude is misleading.
How long should I run an A/B test?
Run for at least 1-2 full business cycles (usually 2-4 weeks minimum) regardless of when significance is reached. Stopping early when significance appears inflates false positive rates significantly — the peaking-at-significance problem can produce 30-50% of results that fail to replicate. Pre-specify sample size before launching.
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