For instance, searching for "psychology" to get the ranking of states for google searches found these correlations with their standard set:
Intriguing, more searches for psychology is negatively correlated with suicide. Metric Correlation with psychology Density 0.76 (Positive, strong) Longitude 0.62 (Positive, moderate) VotedForObama 0.59 (Positive, moderate) Age 0.37 (Positive, weak) Income 0.32 (Positive, weak) Unemployment 0.28 (Positive, weak) PercentElderly 0.26 (Positive, weak) Rainfall 0.24 (Positive, weak) SameSexCouples 0.15 (Positive, very weak) LifeExpectancy 0.11 (Positive, very weak) Latitude 0.07 (Positive, very weak) Illiteracy 0.07 (Positive, very weak) Obesity 0.05 (Positive, very weak) ViolentCrime 0.02 (Positive, very weak) Frost -0.01 (Negative, very weak) InfantMortality -0.03 (Negative, very weak) HighSchoolGrad -0.31 (Negative, weak) EnergyConsumption -0.37 (Negative, weak) Area -0.53 (Negative, moderate) VotedForBush -0.58 (Negative, moderate) Suicide -0.66 (Negative, moderate) Where does your state rank in searches for "psychology"? U.S. State Relative rate of search queries for psychology by users in this state Pennsylvania 100.0 New York 96.0 Massachusetts 93.0 Maryland 91.0 Michigan 91.0 Indiana 89.0 California 88.0 Vermont 88.0 Illinois 88.0 North Carolina 88.0 Connecticut 85.0 Iowa 83.0 Rhode Island 83.0 New Jersey 82.0 West Virginia 81.0 Minnesota 81.0 Kentucky 81.0 North Dakota 80.0 Wisconsin 79.0 Missouri 78.0 Delaware 77.0 Florida 77.0 Georgia 76.0 Tennessee 76.0 Ohio 76.0 New Hampshire 75.0 Hawaii 75.0 Mississippi 73.0 Virginia 72.0 New Mexico 72.0 Nebraska 72.0 Kansas 72.0 Texas 71.0 Maine 71.0 Oregon 71.0 Arkansas 70.0 Louisiana 69.0 South Carolina 69.0 Colorado 68.0 District of Columbia 68.0 Alabama 66.0 Washington 66.0 Oklahoma 66.0 Utah 66.0 South Dakota 66.0 Montana 65.0 Arizona 64.0 Idaho 63.0 Wyoming 62.0 Alaska 58.0 Nevada 52.0 -- Paul Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA On 12/6/08 5:38 AM, "Allen Esterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5 December 2008 Chris Green posted: >> Wow. Who knew that (Googling) Toronto was so politically divisive? >> Check out the largest positive and negative correlations. >> http://statestats.appspot.com/?q=toronto > > Quote on the webpage in question: "Be careful drawing conclusions from this > data." :-) > > Stephen Black please note. :-) > > Allen Esterson > Former lecturer, Science Department > Southwark College, London > http://www.esterson.org > > *************************************************************************** > *************** > [tips] Social network effects: for real? > sblack > Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:14:25 -0800 > Much excitement in the news about a study just published in BMJ (British > Medical Journal): > > Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal > analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study > > James H Fowler and Nicholas A Christakis. BMJ 2008 337: a2338 > Full text at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/337/dec04_2/a2338 > > Conclusion: "People´s happiness depends on the > happiness of others with whom they are connected." > > which, of course, is a causal conclusion. > > But lesser attention appears to have been paid to another study published > simultaneously in the same issue: > > Detecting implausible social network effects in acne, height, and > headaches: longitudinal analysis > > Ethan Cohen-Cole and Jason M Fletcher. BMJ 2008;337:a2533 > Full text at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/reprint/337/dec04_2/a2533 > > They found that a friend´s acne problems increased one's own acne > problems, a friend's headaches increased one's own headaches, and a > friend's height increased one's own height. Given the first two, it > seems one is better off without friends. > > Their conclusion: "Researchers should be cautious in attributing > correlations in health outcomes of close friends to social network > effects, especially when environmental confounders are not adequately > controlled for in the analysis" > > Now see the first study again. > > Stephen > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
