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

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

Andreas Backhaus 1,✉
PMCID: PMC7276107  PMID: 32536714

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.

Open Access funding provided by ZBW — Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

Footnotes

Andreas Backhaus, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany.

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