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May 19, 2010
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Google Flu Trends was a probably one person's idea over a bored weekend or over a few beers, leveraging technologies that already existed. So, Google and CDC decided to test the accuracy of the information. Their conclusion is that it's not a bad estimate. Perfect information is pricey and impossible to obtain but imperfect information is just as good as long as you understand the problems with the data. Who knew that working at Google would allow you to publish in Nature?
BTW, there are trends for papillomavirus and summer camps.
Posted by azileretsis at May 19, 2010 11:01 AM
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