Common Pitfalls in the Interpretation of COVID-19 Data and Statistics

Andreas Backhaus

doi:10.1007/s10272-020-0893-1

Common Pitfalls in the Interpretation of COVID-19 Data and Statistics

Inter Econ. 2020;55(3):162-166. doi: 10.1007/s10272-020-0893-1. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

Author

Andreas Backhaus¹

Affiliation

¹ Demographic Change and Aging, Federal Institute for Population Research, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany.

Abstract

Policymakers, experts and the general public heavily rely on the data that are being reported in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Daily data releases on confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths provide information on the course of the pandemic.