Comments on Caveman Forecaster: Data Analysis, Graphing, and Forecasting: Jellyfish and Sunburns

Dave, Good points. I think this data probably is...

2009-06-23T13:30:00.332-05:00

Dave,

Good points. I think this data probably is biased to some degree based on visits to the beach. Data bias is always an important thing to consider when doing a data analysis. I tried finding some beach tourism data to compare but I couldn't find an easy source. But by my experience which is purely anecdotal, the Florida panhandle beaches are totally sold out starting in late May or the 1st of June and actually tail off around early to mid August. But this is something I will try to followup in the future with some more real data to see how it lines up.

I am not a jellyfish or sunburn expert, but it see...

2009-06-23T12:17:57.830-05:00

I am not a jellyfish or sunburn expert, but it seems to me that sunburns come earlier because people start to spend more time outside and at the pool when it gets warmer and school ends and when their skin is still pale and sensitive. Jellyfish stings are probably dependent on the number of people at the beach (more so than "the number of jellyfish in the water"), which tends to peak later in the summer in the US. I bet the search trends for "beach" line up pretty closely or slightly lead "jellyfish sting."

That was a fun read =)

2009-06-23T03:29:22.045-05:00

That was a fun read =)