If Comscore's data is an early indicator of a growing trend they have a major problem.
But Renesys' data is a strong indicator that the cable is beginning to show signs of life - be it over five years since its original inception.
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Moreover, official price data are a lagging indicator, analysts said.
The stock loan data provides a lagging indicator of what the smart money is doing, but one of its chief values is the window it provides into selling trends.
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Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa in their great book Academically Adrift have taken data from a respectable indicator of critical thinking and problem solving skills, the Collegiate Learning Assessment, as well as the National Survey of Student Engagement and have concluded, roughly, that typically students neither work very hard nor learn very much.
All of these factors mean that the data Google releases should be taken as at best an approximate indicator of the level of government data and takedown requests submitted during the period.
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But if recent events are any indicator, the more important data points may be legal challenges and petitions to regulators.
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Among other, associated data, there is a "coverage indicator".
The drive features a bright blue LED indicator to indicate power and data transfer status, as well as the company's popular "one-touch backup" feature, which automatically backs up and synchronizes data with one easy touch.
It is hardly the kind of social indicator one can get worthwhile data points on (after all, how big or small a shift counts as a new career?) But a common consensus estimate is that people now are doing what counts as changing career four or five times per person.
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This analysis uses the seasonal indicator from Trade Navigator and uses data going back to 1984.
Right now, most advertisers rely on data about the last ad clicked as the sole indicator of what drove a sale.
But if online behavior data doesn't function as a perfect economic indicator, it does make a fascinating mirror for the human psyche.
Economists pay close attention to the data, though, for their use as an indicator of consumer spending, the key driver of U.S. economic growth.
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The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.2% after Moody's sovereign downgrades late Monday contrasted with positive economic data from Germany, where the ZEW economic sentiment indicator for February rose to its first positive reading since May 2011.
The 1996-97 data indicates that the index is more of a trailing indicator than a leading indicator--consumers get confident after things get good, not before.
The takeaway from this mishmash of data, other than employment is not the only macroeconomic indicator one must watch: appreciate those pockets of strength not only company to company, but within companies as well.
Data showing rising bank loans and other credit, another key indicator, also might be inflated, according to Thornton.
The Commerce Department will announce housing starts data on Wednesday, which is often seen as a leading indicator of the economy.
Yes, the listeners to the webcast were certainly not a representative sample (not that any survey nowadays is based on a representative sample) but the honest answers may have given us a good indicator of the state of IT readiness for big data.
Some modestly upbeat EU data on consumer and business confidence was released Wednesday as the Economic Sentiment Indicator rose to 91.1 in February versus 89.5 in January, and reaching the highest level since last May.
But with its mix of consumer-friendly PCs, printers and big business servers--in addition to its vastly greater bulk--HP is a better leading indicator than Sun, which specializes in geeky gear used in data centers and by engineers.
Numbers for March are seen as a true indicator for the sector, as the Chinese New Year holidays skew the data in January and February.
An interesting sentiment indicator from Genesis Financial Technologies that uses the Commitment of Traders (COT) data also suggests that traders are not yet bearish enough on gold.
As an indicator, in 2011, about 2.3 gigabytes of IMS primary seismic, auxiliary seismic and hydroacoustic data were sent in near-real time daily to tsunami warning organizations.
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