http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/ Musings on Economics, Finance, and Life Thu, 17 May 2012 17:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-926 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:03:32 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-926 [...] 14, 2009 by Donald Marron In a series of posts (here, here, and here), I have expressed concern that Google directs its users to what I think is the [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-810 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:22:51 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-810 I prefer raw data over adjusted data any day. Defiantly needs some scaling options. However economists, policymakers, and the likes may want to stick to their internally provided data; which likely isn’t a newspaper.

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-649 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:42:51 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-649 [...] going on? Well, it turns out that Google is directing users to the wrong data series. As I discussed last month, almost everyone who talks about unemployment is using (whether they know it or not) data that [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-396 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:33:41 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-396 [...] someone who has given brief thought to competing with Google, I can tell you that the company is daunting. But not because it’s so profitable (otherwise [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-395 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:04:16 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-395 [...] someone who has given brief thought to competing with Google, I can tell you that the company is daunting. But not because it’s so profitable (otherwise [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-330 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:07:10 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-330 [...] received a number of helpful responses to my post about the strengths and weaknesses of Google’s efforts to transform data on the web. Reader DD, for example, reminded me that I ought to run the same test on Wolfram Alpha, which I [...]

]]> http://dmarron.com/2009/07/08/google-unemployment-and-the-future-of-data/#comment-328 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:04:12 +0000 http://dmarron.com/?p=873#comment-328 [...] 10, 2009 by Donald Marron I’ve received a number of helpful responses to my post about the strengths and weaknesses of Google’s efforts to transform data on the web. Reader DD, for example, reminded me that I ought to run the same test on Wolfram Alpha, which I [...]

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