As referred to in Pulse, pages 49 and 70. This spreadsheet shows some hypothetical examples of how time-series data and the output of predictive models could be correlated. The data could mean virtually anything (economic trends vs. Google searches, public opinion vs. Tweets, and so on) but the same principles apply. For a real-world example, use the next spreadsheet (Now-casting Unemployment).

As referred to in Pulse, page 76 and 80. Just follow the names of the tabs that correspond with the steps explained in the book. The tab named “Four Variable Model” is the calculation referenced on page 80 of the book and shown in exhibit 5.7. This produces and even more accurate model. The last tab “Other Google Searches” are some additional prepared data from Google Trends that the reader may want to experiment with.

Veterans Affairs IT Security Analysis: This is the written deliverable for the Department of Veterans Affairs AIE performance metrics project for the Information Security Program. The pdf version is also available at www.cio.gov and other AIE studies done for the US Government may be found by searching for “Applied Information Economics” on that site.