Geek Paradise
I saw this site described as the YouTube for Data. It will be interesting over time to see if the data sets uploaded to this site are trustworthy, but its a cool idea. I tried my hand at uploading some data. I am not sure why the graph is showing those spikes - they don't exist in the data.
Update: I figured out my mistake and my better chart is here.
MesaEconoGuy:
Here’s a better one, for all macroeconomic data:
http://www.economagic.com
All the major data sets, all manipulable and graphable.
December 7, 2006, 5:40 pmBobH:
Fascinating site -- thanks for the link (and thank you also, Mesa).
I agree that there's a likelihood that people will post phony data to promote their views.
The other problem is already evident -- finding the nuggets of worthwhile data amid charts correlating the incidence of animal euthanasia in Wichita to national property crime (yes -- that's one of the charts there).
December 8, 2006, 9:47 am