Episode 5: Rural Pennsylvania By The Numbers - Evan Peck

Apr 20, 2020

What do the maps and graphs of Covid19 mean for us here in Rural Pennsylvania? Can we use our region's low numbers to ease up on the statewide stay-at-home order and business shutdown? Computer Science Professor Evan Peck talks to Sam about the maps and graphs we've been seeing and why they can sometimes be misleading. 

SHOW NOTES:

• On Modeling and Uncertainty:

  • Leading with the Unknowns in COVID-19 Models in Scientific American
  • A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling -- from fivethirtyeight.com
  • University of Washington IHME models

  COVID-19 Data Visualization Sites:

  • Johns Hopkins University COVID19 Tracking Site -- includes global map, national map, and trend reporting
  • New York Times maps -- includes absolute numbers and per capita for cases, absolute numbers for deaths, and rate of increase, hover data by county
  • Washington Post maps -- includes absolute numbers and per capita for both cases and deaths, plus hover data by state
  • PA Hospital Preparedness Dashboard -- linked from PA Department of Health site
  • Super list -- lots and lots of data visualization sites, including but not limited to the above

  Evan Peck articles:

  • Data is Personal. What We Learned from 42 Interviews in Rural America.
  • Channel on Medium.com

 

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Featured Music: “In The 21st Century” by Keshco is licensed under a CC Attribution-ShareAlike License.

 

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