Using web-based search data to predict macroeconomic statistics

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 87-92

  Ettredge, Michael ^a   Gerdes, John ^b   Karuga, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET RESOURCES; JOB SITE PORTALS; MACROECONOMIC STATISTICS; SEARCH DATA;

DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET; JOB ANALYSIS; METADATA; PORTALS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 33745211430     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1096000.1096010     Document Type: Review

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