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Direct linkHarris, Frank – School Science Review, 2020
The year 2020 saw the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that not only had wide-reaching social and economic consequences but also put healthcare systems under stress. Strategies for coping with the virus depended heavily on the interpretation of data. This article uses information from a UK upper tier local authority to examine how closely the…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Data Interpretation, Prediction
Peer reviewedLand, Kenneth C. – Social Forces, 2001
Examines the definition, construction, and interpretation of social indicators. Shows how standard classes of formalisms used to construct models in contemporary sociology are derived from the general theory of models. Reviews recent model building and evaluation related to active life expectancy among the elderly, fertility rates, and indicators…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Child Welfare, Data Interpretation, Mathematical Models
