"How to Lie with Coronavirus Statistics" by Joel Best
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Keywords

Cambell's Law, coronavirus, COVID-19, social construction, statistics

Abstract

Campbell's Law warns that when measurements become consequential those whose performance is being measured may try to skew the results. This case study examines the Trump administration's efforts to present COVID-19 statistics that would discourage restricting economic activities and encourage reopening the economy.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.14.1.1378

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

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