On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Robert J. Cordingley <[email protected]
> wrote:
> I thought the example Doug sent was a correlation between the frequency of
> search terms, not with any actual real data.
>
Just to make sure I understand, its the correlation between the time series
of the use of the search terms .. i.e. when search terms x & y were used,
right?
> I always thought correlating time based data was difficult since as usage
> rises in general one might expect search term frequency to rise together
> too. Real statisticians can chime in here.
>
Yes indeed, it would be much appreciated!
> 'santa fe' was interesting in showing an annual cycle presumably
> corresponding to people's interest in finding info on a tourist
> destination.
>
> Drawing was interesting in that it seems one could always find some search
> term frequencies to correlate with any shape curve.
>
> Conclusion: it was fun.
>
> Thanks
> Robert C
>
It certainly is an interesting/fun use of a whole lota data!
-- Owen
>
>
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