Python is No Good for Mortality Rates
Python Tutorials for Kids 13 | Let's learn Python!
by brendanscott
4y ago
Here we are at the uptick in the Covid 19 pandemic. There are many sources of data which list infections and deaths as a result of the virus. It’s very tempting to want to put your Python skills to use and crunch some numbers on the infection. By and large, go for it, but one thing I’d ask you not to do is to try to calculate a “mortality rate”. This is not because Python can’t do division but, rather, working this number out is conceptually pretty tricky. It’s something that epidemiologists need to get a lot of training in to do correctly.  You can’t just take the deaths column and divided it ..read more
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