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Website analytics: a focused reading path.

Connect website traffic and behavioral events to clearly defined business questions. Learn why session rates differ from event counts, why audience composition changes averages, and why attribution does not establish causation. All examples are illustrative, not reports from connected analytics accounts.

Read with a question in mind.

Begin by identifying the term or process you want to understand. For each guide, write down the definition, the assumptions in the example, and what evidence would be needed to use it in a different setting. Related articles at the end of each guide provide the next step without changing the subject midstream.

Use the analytics glossary for a concise definition and the methodology page for the sample-data conventions used across the website.