QC #72 - COVID & Society - Understanding the statistics of the coronavirus
Description
Our understanding of the coronavirus relies heavily on the ways medical data is collected, distributed and checked across the world. But the ways medical data are analyzed and communicated are prone to error and can lead to misconceptions. Statistician Dr Maarten van Smeden (UMC Utrecht) will discuss the nature of the data underlying COVID-19 statistics. Is the data of high enough quality to make trustworthy predictions for the future? The course 'COVID & Society' is brought by UMC Utrecht. Experts from different scientific areas teach us how we should be dealing with the outbreak from different perspectives. Watch these interdisciplinary webinars about the corona outbreak and its implications, with perspectives from the biomedical sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities.
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