SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus -COVID-19) datasets and official statistics accuracy
What is it about?
The quality of data is the first! Covid-19 pandemic needs immediate data and timely information. It should be robust, realistic, and consistent. This article analyses and compares the quality of official datasets available for COVID-19, suggests a corrected dataset, and introduce a dashboard. If you are interested to know the quality of COVID-19 datasets, or you are looking for an accurate dataset for your research and a Dashboard for a quick insight about this pandemic, this is the right article for you. We should always remember Good data, Good life!
Why is it important?
The findings show noticeable and increasing measurement errors in the three official datasets as the pandemic outbreak expanded, and more countries contributed data for the official repositories, raising data comparability concerns and pointing to the need for better coordination and harmonized statistical methods.