{"id":664,"date":"2021-10-28T16:54:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/?p=664"},"modified":"2021-10-28T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:54:59","slug":"sampling-bias-three-covid-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/2021\/10\/28\/sampling-bias-three-covid-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"sampling bias \u2013 three Covid stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog article analyses three news stories that in different ways show sampling bias and attempts to correct it.\u00a0 The stories are all related to Covid, but the underlying issues are also relevant for statistics in HCI.\u00a0 &#8230; and you learn whether the Zodiac affects vaccination!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"10UVVTMvkS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/alandix.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/27\/sampling-bias-a-tale-of-three-covid-news-stories\/\">Sampling Bias \u2013 a tale of three Covid news stories<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sampling Bias \u2013 a tale of three Covid news stories&#8221; &#8212; Alan Dix\" src=\"https:\/\/alandix.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/27\/sampling-bias-a-tale-of-three-covid-news-stories\/embed\/#?secret=oqZD9hfeH0#?secret=10UVVTMvkS\" data-secret=\"10UVVTMvkS\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/13\/fully-vaccinated-people-account-for-12-of-englands-covid-19-deaths\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2784\" src=\"https:\/\/alandix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/guardian-one-point-two-percent-750px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-58899612\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2782\" src=\"https:\/\/alandix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bbc-lateral-flow-750px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/oct\/23\/vaccination-rate-zodiac-sign\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2783 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/alandix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/guardian-leos-750px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog article analyses three news stories that in different ways show sampling bias and attempts to correct it.\u00a0 The stories are all related to Covid, but the underlying issues are also relevant for statistics in HCI.\u00a0 &#8230; and you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/2021\/10\/28\/sampling-bias-three-covid-stories\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandix.com\/statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}