Comments on: GOOGLE graphs public data http://conservationreport.com/2009/07/07/google-graphs-public-data/ Tracking news regarding conservation, the environment, energy, politics, and technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:31:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Buck Denton http://conservationreport.com/2009/07/07/google-graphs-public-data/#comment-7179 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:43:43 +0000 http://conservationreport.com/?p=8800#comment-7179 Many thanks for the information and link Bill.

]]> By: Bill Greenlaw http://conservationreport.com/2009/07/07/google-graphs-public-data/#comment-7178 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:40:50 +0000 http://conservationreport.com/?p=8800#comment-7178 Please use caution when utilizing these graphs. I hope that Google responsibly updates this data to reflect the seasonally-adjusted unemployment data. Seasonally-adjusted unemployment data (unlike the data represented here) is the basis of public policy and public discussions. This raw data representation is interesting, but will lead you to false conclusions when the unemployment rate shifts certain times, for instance, at the beginning or end of the summer.

Donald Marron has several entries in his blog on this unfortunate choice of the data set by Google: http://dmarron.com/2009/09/14/insight-on-google-and-unemployment/

]]> By: Dana Daugs http://conservationreport.com/2009/07/07/google-graphs-public-data/#comment-6735 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:28:54 +0000 http://conservationreport.com/?p=8800#comment-6735 Thank you for producing this site, it has helped me a lot!

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