Agreed, Tom. Also, what does "increase" mean? George Duncan Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University georgeduncanart.com See posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram Land: (505) 983-6895 Mobile: (505) 469-4671
My art theme: Dynamic exposition of the tension between matrix order and luminous chaos. "Attempt what is not certain. Certainty may or may not come later. It may then be a valuable delusion." >From "Notes to myself on beginning a painting" by Richard Diebenkorn. "It's that knife-edge of uncertainty where we come alive to our truest power." Joanna Macy. On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 9:11 AM Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Both numbers may be accurate but not particularly helpful bcs they lack > context. One would have to start with, at least, a ratio of cases to some > level of population, per 10,000 or 100,000,etc. > > It drives me nuts that the state's health department or somebody publishes > daily cases by ZIP without showing the population of those ZIPs. And then > newspapers like the New Mexican publish the case numbers without context. > T. > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2020, 9:01 AM Prof David West <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Which is scarier? >> >> -- 41 out of 50 states show an increase in COVID cases. >> -- 105 out of 3,141 counties show an increase in COVID cases. >> >> Which is more accurate? >> >> Which number should guide policy? >> >> davew >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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