Covid by numbers : making sense of the pandemic with data / David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spiegelhalter, D. J., author.

Masters, Anthony, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Pelican books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 (Disease)--Statistics.

COVID-19 (Disease).

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

x, 296 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

[United Kingdom] : Pelican an imprint of Penguin Books, 2021.

Summary:

How many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What are the benefits and harms of different vaccines? How does COVID-19 compare to the Spanish flu? How have the lockdown measures affected the economy, mental health and crime? This year we have been bombarded by statistics - seven day rolling averages, rates of infection, excess deaths. Never have numbers been more central to our national conversation, and never has it been more important that we think about them clearly. In the media and in their Observer column, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter and RSS Statistical Ambassador Anthony Masters have interpreted these statistics, offering a vital public service by giving us the tools we need to make sense of the virus for ourselves and holding the government to account. In Covid by Numbers, they crunch the data on a year like no other, exposing the leading misconceptions about the virus and the vaccine, and answering our essential questions. This timely, concise and approachable book offers a rare depth of insight into one of the greatest upheavals in history, and a trustworthy guide to these most uncertain of times.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780241547731

0241547733

OCLC:

1250202258

Publisher Number:

99990664170