1/ I should clear the air on this. And past this point I can just post this as a link where it could use repeating.
I'm not a statistician, a biochemist, an epidemiologist, etc and say this often.
I'm an engineer. And I make graphs with data as most who work with data do.
I'm not a statistician, a biochemist, an epidemiologist, etc and say this often.
I'm an engineer. And I make graphs with data as most who work with data do.
2/ In the thread @Chrest_brett is linking I explain my process in determining the rate of change and how it is relevant to exponential growth.
As always, if there's problems with the anything I do, I welcome corrections and have retweeted such many times before.
As always, if there's problems with the anything I do, I welcome corrections and have retweeted such many times before.
3/ The calculation is quite simple and I'm very upfront about this. Again -- and with emphasis -- I don't present myself as an expert.
And if sharing this information results in greater behavior to #FlattenTheCurve, then I think it's good move.
And if sharing this information results in greater behavior to #FlattenTheCurve, then I think it's good move.
4/ For what it's worth, I think this is an especially important time to keep things content rich, and data-driven. Again, if you have any material complaint or critique with any part of my analysis, I fully welcome it.
5/ I try to give benefit of the doubt to people and suspect your ultimate goal in sharing that image was a positive one.
But I'd invite you to reconsider the time taken to create and share these things. If there's a specific complaint -- please bring this to my attention.
But I'd invite you to reconsider the time taken to create and share these things. If there's a specific complaint -- please bring this to my attention.
