And I fail to understand why searches for "advil" would map to searches for "chai tea latte" and "pappardelle" with r>0.931, guess I need to read the Comic Book documentation.
-- rec -- On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]>wrote: > Sorry about the delay; busy weekend. > > Yes, google correlate maps search data, not actual real data, although you > do have the option of loading your own time series and letting google > correlate that for you. > > Still, I fail to understand why searches for "ibuprofen" would map to > searches for "gateway bible" with r=0.949. > > --Doug > > > 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. 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. >> >> '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 >> >> >> On 9/30/11 2:36 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: >> >> That's the one I was using, Tom. >> >> --Doug >> >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is this any help? https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/ >>> >>> -tj >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Douglas Roberts >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Has anybody been able to get anything useful out of that thing? Most >>>> of the items I've searched for return totally bizarre results. For >>>> example, >>>> searching on ibuprofen with the intent to see any correlations with >>>> influenza give this as one of the higher-correlated results: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.google.com/trends/correlate/search?e=ibuprofen&e=gateway+bible&t=weekly >>>> >>>> WTF? Does this show that on-line religion causes headaches? >>>> Seriously, has anybody found this tool to be of any practical use? >>>> >>>> --Doug >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Doug Roberts >>>> [email protected] >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins >>>> >>>> 505-455-7333 - Office >>>> 505-670-8195 - Cell >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ========================================== >>> J. T. Johnson >>> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >>> www.analyticjournalism.com >>> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >>> http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] >>> ========================================== >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Doug Roberts >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins >> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-670-8195 - Cell >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> -- >> Robert Cordingley >> Web Development >> cirrillian.com505-471-4569 (office)281-989-6272 (cell) >> >> >> > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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