#Statistics

Andreas Backhaus

AndreasShrugged

Data and statistics around the #coronavirus are riddled with problems and often create confusion. That's why I've written a short paper explaining the most common pitfalls, published open access by

Juliette de Meaux

MeauxJuliette

On citation number as a useless metric, a thread on my personal experience 1/7 I am 46 years old, and have been a professor for 10 years now. Like many

Jeffrey Fuller

jjfuller72

It's COVID-19 milestone dayWorldwide, we will pass the 1 Mil total positive tests mark AND the 50K total deaths marks todayWe all know that both numbers (especially total cases, but,

Daniel Gucciardi

DanielGucciardi

Thread - > Agree that resilience has taken on elements as a 'buzzword; disagree that it is capacity bc it encompasses resources only & ignores person-interactions. Capacity defn are also

You're Wrong About...

yourewrongabout

This initiative reinforces several myths about trafficking. Let's dive in!https://twitter.com/StopTrafficking/status/1200087323293241344 First, the prevalence of trafficking. This report says Ontario has more incidents than any other province. On

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

Here is the story of today's @ONS mortality statistics in a single chart. The worst week for UK mortality (all causes) since records began. The blue area shows the minimum

Durable Investments

retaox

There's no denying that creator economy and omni-channel commerce are on the rise. Cloud providers provide the picks and shovels for this new world in the making. Participating in this

Chris Hatton

chrishattoncedr

Thread on new statistics published today by @NHSEngland on COVID-19 deaths of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in hospitals in England. It's a new table in their daily

Yvonne Bailey 🪐

realYDB

The @MayorOfLA LIED to his constituents. He knew that the COVID-19 death rate in LA was not 4.3% and yet he put it out anyway to stoke fear. In today's

Will McAvoy

WillMcAvoyACN

So, tonight I'm going to talk about abortion, because it is clear that abortion is going to be a major topic through election day and perhaps beyond, even more-so than

RJÆ A-12

DamnItRJ

“Police need all that military grade equipment because they have a dangerous job!” What about farmers, roofers, fisherman, loggers, and landscapers? Rate the most dangerous jobs by fatalities, and those

Detention Solidarity Network

detsolnet

The following thread has been curated by @mrinpinshar from @AIIndia, using data from National Crime Record Bureau’s annual crime statistics to observe patterns that have emerged in the ways that

Digitech101

digitech101

Intimidation tactics didn’t help – almost all iOS 14.5 users disable app tracking entirelyA thread https://digitech101.in/intimidation-tactics-didnt-help-almost-all-ios-14-5-users-disable-app-tracking-entirely/ Intimidation tactics di

Shea

litenine

How many people in the USA and UK actually believe Michael Jackson was guilty? (Mini Thread) USAIn 2005, Billboard reported that 70% of Americans believed Jackson was guilty, 15% said

John Bye

_johnbye

The @DailyMailUK and @RossjournoClark have published another article downplaying the second wave, which got a government health warning from @DHSCgovuk, who said it was "misleading".That's putting it mildly.Here are a

Desi-Rae Thinking :)

desiraethinking

More than 99.99% of police encounters with citizens are peaceful, yet believe that policemen are targeting individuals. I can't be the only one who