9.1 Exploring time-series data (optional)
This page expands on issues discussed in section 3.1.
If you would like to explore other Google search trends, you can find the tool here:
- Google Insights for Search [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
Other sets of time-series data can be found at:
- Time Series Data Library A collection of time-series data drawn from many different subject areas.
- UK National Statistics online This is the UK’s repository for National Statistics, where you can find all manner of UK-related data if you search hard enough!
- Timetric A site you may already have used, in Activity 6, for displaying and analysing time-series data charts.
Several of these sites also provide closely integrated charting tools that let you explore the data in a visual way.
Activity 22 (exploratory)
Choose one or more of the above websites and spend up to 15 minutes exploring what it offers.