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[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

The methodology via the study's link:

Google Trends data was collected for the search terms "am I gay", "am I lesbian", "am I trans", "how to come out", and "nonbinary" for all 50 U.S. states and D.C. from January, 2004 to May of 2023. Google's proprietary 100 point scoring system was used to represent each term's normalized search volume proportional to all other searches in the region or time period compared. In this system, 100 represents the highest popularity for the term, 50 represents half the popularity, and so on.

So I'm not sure the 1300% number means anything

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

farting around on google trends for a half hour and calling it a study

If these people weren’t allowed into academia they’d be doing the same thing except it would just be a blog. Source: my blog.

“Can I get some units on that data please?”

“Sorry, the units are proprietary.”

“What”

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

"nonbinary" is a bit of a weird one to include. that could just be cis people looking for a definition because it's a new term to them

[-] Vampire@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Ah so it's just in the USA

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