Spikes and Variance: Using Google Trends to Detect and Forecast Protests
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DOI: 10.1017/pan.2021.7
Abstract: Google search is ubiquitous, and Google Trends (GT) is a potentially useful access point for big data on many topics the world over. We propose a new ‘variance-in-time’ method for forecasting events using GT. By… read more here.
Keywords: variance using; forecast protests; spikes variance; using google ... See more keywords
On enhanced estimation of population variance using unconventional measures of an auxiliary variable
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DOI: 10.1080/00949655.2020.1767620
Abstract: Most of the research work on ratio, product, and regression estimators are usually based on conventional measures such as mean, quartiles, semi-interquartile range, semi-interquartile average, coefficient of skewness, coefficient of kurtosis, etc. The efficiency of… read more here.
Keywords: auxiliary variable; variance using; using unconventional; population variance ... See more keywords