Last Monday I was interviewed by Kevin Farkas of Appalachian Beaver County. The interview was about storytelling with statistics. He is compiling an oral history of Beaver County. He saw my post on the poorest school districts in the Alleghenies and wanted some pointers. The video above shows the first half of the interview. The secondContinue reading “Interview on Storytelling with Statistics”
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Testing Rates Have Decreased in Cambria County as Cases Keep Rising
One week ago, Cambria County surpassed 400 cases of COVID-19. This can be seen in the graph above. Since then the number of new cases has tapered off. On August 11 the 7 day average for new cases in the county was 11.14 cases per day. As of today, it is 7.29 cases per day. Continue reading “Testing Rates Have Decreased in Cambria County as Cases Keep Rising”
A Second Wave of COVID-19 Cases in Cambria and Allegheny Counties?
Cambria County has experienced 22 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 7 days to give a total of 83 cases. In the previous 37 days, the county had a net increase of 7 cases. The best fit line is now a fifth order polynomial with an R-square of 99%. In the graph below, aContinue reading “A Second Wave of COVID-19 Cases in Cambria and Allegheny Counties?”
This week’s Coronavirus Observations
Having looked at the trends in testing and cases of Coronavirus for Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and the US for the past few months, I have little new observations to make from last week except for: The number of tests being conducted per day in Cambria County is increasing for the county but the number ofContinue reading “This week’s Coronavirus Observations”
A Look at Zip Code COVID-19 Testing Rates In Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and the U.S.
Zip Code Map of Greater Johnstown I have been tracking the number of cases of Coronavirus In Cambria County and in the State of Pennsylvania and the US since the first case was reported on March 22. For this post I thought I would take a closer look at testing rates in the six zipContinue reading “A Look at Zip Code COVID-19 Testing Rates In Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania and the U.S.”
Inconsistencies in Reporting COVID-19 in Pennsylvania
This week the PA Health department has changed how it reports the cases and deaths. Before they reported the cases and deaths. Later,they reported the number of negative tests in addition to the positive tests. They then added the demographics of the cases and deaths. Along the way they created the chart above showing theContinue reading “Inconsistencies in Reporting COVID-19 in Pennsylvania”
Corona Numbers from the WHO and JHU
Week 2 of the state of emergency is upon us. Last week I posted numbers from the World Heath Organization’s (WHO) Corona Virus dashboard showing the progression in the number of cases worldwide. Above is the cumulative frequency graph and overall numbers from their dashboard last week. At the left is the WHO’s world wideContinue reading “Corona Numbers from the WHO and JHU”
9th Anniversary Post: Evaluating the Domain Name
The 9th anniversary of CSI without Dead Bodies is upon us/me. It has been a hectic year where I purchased a domain name for this blog. The number of users per month for the last year when the domain name was bought are summarized in the blue line in the graph below. The number ofContinue reading “9th Anniversary Post: Evaluating the Domain Name”
Happy 10th Birthday for Data Journalism
I came across this article on medium.com on how the field of data journalism has evolved over the last ten years. It is an interview with Simon Rogers, a data editor at Google News Lab. He started out at the Guardian newspaper of London in 2009 as the founder of their data blog. He hadContinue reading “Happy 10th Birthday for Data Journalism”
Nonviolent Movements In Western PA? If You Know of One Let them Know
Iraq Body Count of Violent Civilian Deaths In Iraq Since 2003 I have been swamped with work and consulting and haven’t been able to post here. I should have time in the next few weeks. There have been various online researchers who collect data from the public to describe a social phenomena. Iraq Body CountContinue reading “Nonviolent Movements In Western PA? If You Know of One Let them Know”