data has a fair correlation (e.g. people may search more in one month
> 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 <
[hidden email]>
> 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
>> <
[hidden email]> 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 <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is this any help?
https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/>>>>
>>>> -tj
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Douglas Roberts <
[hidden email]>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
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