Netflix · Statistics & Data Analysis
Compute ITT, TOT, and LATE with noncompliance
TrueInterview
October 7, 2026 · 1 min read
Within the same personalization experiment, some users assigned to the treatment never actually receive personalization, so there is noncompliance. You have the following user-level columns:
Z(0/1): random assignment, used as the instrumentD(0/1): whether personalization was actually received (the treatment received)Y(float): minutes streamed Tasks:
- Define and calculate the Intention-to-Treat (ITT) effect of assignment on minutes streamed.
- Explain what is usually meant by Treatment-on-the-Treated (TOT) in this context, and compute it.
- Treating this as an instrumental variable, compute the LATE for compliers and state the assumptions needed.
- Conceptually sort users into compliance groups (compliers, always-takers, never-takers, defiers) and indicate which group the LATE applies to. Overview: This question tests knowledge of causal inference and experimental analysis, especially estimating and interpreting ITT, TOT, and LATE when there is noncompliance, as well as classifying compliance types (compliers, always-takers, never-takers, defiers).
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