Re:Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Hersel...
by CleaveIt2Beaver on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:19AM
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That's not even the crux of the issue, so maybe we should get a little introspective about our own qualifications while we're at it. The problem is that negative tests are counted each time, while positives are per-person. So one nurse could account for 100 negative tests, so the presentation is misleading.
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Re:Data Scientist Rebekah Jones, Facing Arrest, Turns Hersel...
by fastglass on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:24AM
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>The problem is that negative tests are counted each time, while positives are per-person.
The point I was making is that whether this is a problem or not is not a resolved scientific issue, which presupposes the data and presentation.
Furthermore 'this' is a 2 fold issue: do you count negatives more than once; and, do you count positives more than once? These are 2 separate matters; however, I would say counting negatives more than once is the least controversial part.