Originally Posted by JimP

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I did not know what the second step was when I started into this. I have never pursued anything like this before. The high r^2 values made it worth while to look into further. So far the exercise has been worth while. I have and am learning a lot. And yes, I think at this point I need to start defining my analysis.

The Alcyone software and JPL data are highly accurate. I do not know how to quantify the accuracy of the sunspot data. I made the statement before that the sunspot data “is what it is” acknowledging the fact that the older data had a higher level of error in it. The older historical sunspot data is not good. Solanki has stated that there data has a 68 % uncertainty. I have not used this data up to this point and if I do it will be just for a trend line and nothing more. Is this wrong?

I thank you all for your constructive feedback. I came here knowing that I was going Against the Mainstream.