Discussions
Installing the deweydatar package
I receive the following error when trying to install the 'deweydatar' package in R.
Safegraph Foot-traffic and Spend Data Fluctuations 2022-2023
I noticed some fluctuations while plotting the average total spend and raw visit counts of some Starbucks stores we have pooled from our study.
Bucketed_dwell_times
Previsouly, I have been using bucketed_dwell_times ““<5”, “5-10”, “11-20”, “21-60”, “61-120”, “121- 240”, “>240””? In the recent filed I only observe “5-10”, “11-20”, and 61-120", “121-240”, can you please help me learn as the SafeGraph Doc says " * Data delivered from December 2020 onward, including all backfilled historical data, contains the following bins: { “<5”, “5-10”, “11-20”, “21-60”, “61-120”, “121-240”, “>240”} " on the safeGraph document page
Monthly Patterns - Foot Traffic CBG column reliability
Specifically, I have questions about the following columns: visitor_home_cbgs and visitor_daytime_cbgs. I would like to clarify the definitions of the "home city" and "home CBG" fields, as well as understand how these fields are censored.
About SafeGraph Spend Patterns coverage
Hi, I am analyzing the SafeGraph Spend Patterns dataset and noticed significant variations in store/branch coverage for some firms and brands over time.
Recent Open Census Data in the US
Hello, does anyone know whereto find the most recent years of open census data (5-year ACS) at the Census Block Group (CBG) level for the US available for download? SafeGraph Inc. used to share this data for previous years (2016 to 2020), but they haven't provided updates in quite some time. https://docs.safegraph.com/docs/open-census-data Thank you!
Possible measurement error in number of transactions in 2022 for Starbucks?
Is there any documented measurement error in Starbucks's transaction count in 2022? I noticed that 99.5% of all Starbucks stores in the data set had less than 3000 monthly transactions. However, some stores, like the one attached in Exhibit, had 10 times the number of transactions in only one month in 2022, which is surprising. I have a list of several other such Starbucks stores.
Verisk Property and Consumer Insights data
Any idea when the Verisk Property and Consumer Insights datasets will have representative coverage for 2023 and 2024? Im interested in Miami-Dade County, FL but the coverage is weak after the end of 2022.
Questions about Consumer Edge
1/ In most tables provided by Consumer Edge, there is a variable called 'EST_REC_PCT'. Could you help clarify its exact meaning? Specifically, does it represent the estimated percentage of total U.S. consumer spend captured by the dataset, or does it refer to something else?
Missing VISITOR_HOME_CBGS
I’m working with the monthly foot traffic data for the Kansas Metropolitan area, focusing specifically on the variable VISITOR_HOME_CBGS.