Comments on: Removing Daily Seasonality from Web Analytics Data http://www.aussiewebanalyst.com/2008/11/26/removing-daily-seasonality-from-web-analytics-data/ A guide to using web analytics to understand and improve your website and business Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kunal http://www.aussiewebanalyst.com/2008/11/26/removing-daily-seasonality-from-web-analytics-data/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Kunal Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:58:26 +0000 http://aussiewebanalyst.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-264 >>Add two more columns to calculate the mean and median for >>each row of data. I get this: you are calculating the mean and median for each week (row) >>Delete all weeks which contain days which don’t reflect the >>general pattern. In this example, weeks 5 and 6 were >>deleted. At this point, the mean and the median should be >>relatively similar for each day of the week. I don't get this: the mean and median should be similar for each day of the week. In your algorithm, you don't explicitly calculate the mean and median for each day of the week anywhere -- across all columns for each column. Could you elaborate? P.S. Couldn't find the file at the link provided. Could you provide a more current link? Thanks in advance! >>Add two more columns to calculate the mean and median for
>>each row of data.
I get this: you are calculating the mean and median for each week (row)
>>Delete all weeks which contain days which don’t reflect the
>>general pattern. In this example, weeks 5 and 6 were
>>deleted. At this point, the mean and the median should be
>>relatively similar for each day of the week.
I don’t get this: the mean and median should be similar for each day of the week. In your algorithm, you don’t explicitly calculate the mean and median for each day of the week anywhere — across all columns for each column. Could you elaborate?

P.S. Couldn’t find the file at the link provided. Could you provide a more current link? Thanks in advance!

]]> By: Chris http://www.aussiewebanalyst.com/2008/11/26/removing-daily-seasonality-from-web-analytics-data/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Chris Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:52:25 +0000 http://aussiewebanalyst.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-262 Interesting article, however Fig. 4 and the Excel file are missing. Interesting article, however Fig. 4 and the Excel file are missing.

]]> By: Removing daily seasonality | Web analytics data | L3 Analytics http://www.aussiewebanalyst.com/2008/11/26/removing-daily-seasonality-from-web-analytics-data/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Removing daily seasonality | Web analytics data | L3 Analytics Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:35:38 +0000 http://aussiewebanalyst.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-259 [...] post was originally published on AussieWebAnalyst on 26th Nov ’08 Share and [...] [...] post was originally published on AussieWebAnalyst on 26th Nov ’08 Share and [...]

]]> By: Rob http://www.aussiewebanalyst.com/2008/11/26/removing-daily-seasonality-from-web-analytics-data/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Rob Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:20:50 +0000 http://aussiewebanalyst.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-95 Peter - Some really great stuff. Very simple to follow and change accordingly. Thanks for this! - Rob Peter – Some really great stuff. Very simple to follow and change accordingly. Thanks for this!

- Rob

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