Nice idea, but quite sensitive to search terms, if you compare your result on "... code" with "... code for": http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=r%20code%20for%2Csas%20code%20for%2Cspss%20code%20for&cmpt=q
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Dario Solari <dario.sol...@gmail.com> wrote: > First: excuse for my english > > My opinion: a useful font for measuring "popoularity" can be Google > Insights for Search - http://www.google.com/insights/search/# > > Every person using a software like R, SAS, SPSS needs first to learn > it. So probably he make a web-search for a manual, a tutorial, a > guide. One can measure the share of this kind of serach query. > This kind of results can be useful to determine trends of > "popularity". > > Example 1: "R tutorial/manual/guide", "SAS tutorial/manual/guide", > "SPSS tutorial/manual/guide" > http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22r%20tutorial%22%2B%22r%20manual%22%2B%22r%20guide%22%2B%22r%20vignette%22%2C%22spss%20tutorial%22%2B%22spss%20manual%22%2B%22spss%20guide%22%2C%22sas%20tutorial%22%2B%22sas%20manual%22%2B%22sas%20guide%22&cmpt=q > > Example 2: "R software", "SAS software", "SPSS software" > http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22r%20software%22%2C%22spss%20software%22%2C%22sas%20software%22&cmpt=q > > Example 3: "R code", "SAS code", "SPSS code" > http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22r%20code%22%2C%22spss%20code%22%2C%22sas%20code%22&cmpt=q > > Example 4: "R graph", "SAS graph", "SPSS graph" > http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22r%20graph%22%2C%22spss%20graph%22%2C%22sas%20graph%22&cmpt=q > > Example 5: "R regression", "SAS regression", "SPSS regression" > http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22r%20regression%22%2C%22spss%20regression%22%2C%22sas%20regression%22&cmpt=q > > Some example are cross-software (learning needs - Example1), other can > be biased by the tarditional use of that software (in SPSS usually you > don't manipulate graph, i think) > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Joris Meys Statistical consultant Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Department of Applied mathematics, biometrics and process control tel : +32 9 264 59 87 joris.m...@ugent.be ------------------------------- Disclaimer : http://helpdesk.ugent.be/e-maildisclaimer.php ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.