A data scientist’s guide to coronavirus forecasts
If you weren’t familiar with data science before COVID-19, you likely are now. Everything from estimates on mortality rates to predictions of the demand for hospital beds are being plastered in charts and graphs across our screens. Some days it can feel as though the news, as well as life and death decisions by heads of state, is being driven by a strong faith in the accuracy of modeling. Data science is having its moment.
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