Friday, February 20, 2009

Finding data

Auditors look for data to explain audit findings and make them meaningful, e.g. illustrate effect. Sometimes you have to create your own data. Here is an interesting example of how to think creatively and find new data in the NY Times. They used Twitter chatter to capture the conversation during the Super Bowl. (H/T Community Indicators)

1 comment:

Keenguy said...

LMAO... leave it to me to always find the irregularities...

Move the timeline all the way to the end and check out the most used word near Bend, OR... "family"...

I guess those people weren't watching the game.Hahaha.