Research Article

Predicting Online Consumer Transaction from Big Data: Influential Factors and Strategic Planning

Table 2

Research variables.

Variables and corresponding phaseDescription

Acquisition (phase 1)
channelGroupingThe origins of the website traffic that commonly includes direct, referral, organic search, paid search, display, affiliate, and social.
totals_bouncesThe number the visitors get into the website but immediately leave the site without additional activities.
visitNumberThe number of times visitors have entered the website.
Behavior (phase 2)
totals_pageviewsThe number of pages viewed by visitors on the website.
totals_timeOnSiteThe length of time visitors spend on the website.
Conversion (phase 3)
totals_transactionsThe number of transactions made by visitors on the website.