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Rigorous A/B Tests Supercharge Your RAG Pipeline—Chunk Sizes, Embeddings, and Beyond

Tired of tweaking your RAG pipeline and praying for better answers? Real stats like paired t-tests and Cohen's d cut through the noise, proving what truly boosts performance.

Priya Sundaram 📅 Mar 19, 2026 ⏱️ 3 min read 👁️ 10 views
Graph comparing A/B test results for RAG chunk sizes and retrieval methods

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Use paired t-tests and Cohen's d to validate RAG changes beyond gut feel.
  • Ollama enables cheap, local A/B experiments on chunking, retrieval, embeddings, prompts.
  • Hybrids and structured prompts often win big—test yours to confirm.

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