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Review
. 2021 Aug 13;2(8):100310.
doi: 10.1016/j.patter.2021.100310.

Accounting for uncertainty during a pandemic

Jon Zelner  1 , Julien Riou  2 , Ruth Etzioni  3 , Andrew Gelman  4
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Review

Accounting for uncertainty during a pandemic

Jon Zelner et al. Patterns (N Y). .

Abstract

We discuss several issues of statistical design, data collection, analysis, communication, and decision-making that have arisen in recent and ongoing coronavirus studies, focusing on tools for assessment and propagation of uncertainty. This paper does not purport to be a comprehensive survey of the research literature; rather, we use examples to illustrate statistical points that we think are important.

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