Thanks, Sue. People like me should look further down the page, but I never read the instructions first. I started playing with it right away. I found that searches for "academy" were predictably highly positively correlated with illiteracy, for example, and I was happy to see our new home state of Wisconsin almost at the top in search of beer and at the very top in search of cheese. The strongest correlations with Obama (+) and Bush (-) that I have found so far was NY Times.
Bill >>> "Frantz, Sue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/05/08 7:11 PM >>> They're comparing "voted for Obama" in '08 with "voted for Bush" in '04. You can see where they get their data here: http://statestats.appspot.com/?q=_metricinfo_ Sue -----Original Message----- From: William Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 6:33 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] State stats: Correlations This site is fascinating, but there is something fishy about it. There is a category for "voted for Obama" that seems highly negatively correlated with "voted for Bush". But wasn't McCain Obama's opponent? I'd like to know how this was constructed. Bill Scott >>> "Frantz, Sue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/04/08 9:41 PM >>> http://statestats.appspot.com/ Put in a term that people might search for using Google, and this tool will give you a ranking of US states by how popular that search term is in that state. And then it will correlate that search ranking with 21 different variables, such as longevity, obesity, and unemployment. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
