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Published on: June 30, 2023
Discussion on On the role of data, statistics and decisions in a pandemic: by Jahn et al (2022)
Ursula Berger1, Göran Kauermann1, Helmut Küchenhoff1
1Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Abstract:
The authors make an important contribution presenting a comprehensive and thoughtful overview about the many different aspects of data, statistics and data analyses in times of the recent COVID-19 pandemic discussing all relevant topics. The paper certainly provides a very valuable reflection of what has been done, what could have been done and what needs to be done. We contribute here with a few comments and some additional issues. We do not discuss all chapters of Jahn et al. (AStA Adv Stat Anal, 2022. 10.1007/s10182-022-00439-7), but focus on those where our personal views and experiences might add some additional aspects.
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