Monday, October 4, 2010

Nerd Stuff

Here is a little update on my nerdy activities. The CDC does respiratory disease surveillance in 2 areas, Quetzaltenango and Santa Rosa. From that data, I can figure out a crude rate of influenza infections in each of those areas. Using some of the formulas below, I extrapolate that information to the other areas of the country. The result is a pretty map with some colors, which should be taken cum grano salis.







Obviously, there can be some serious problems with extrapolation...


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2 comments:

  1. LorrieOctober 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    I don't know whether to laugh (at the cartoon) or cry (at the graphs that make me feel stupid!)

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  2. JustinOctober 5, 2010 at 12:39 PM

    Hasn't the media taught you that you can never extrapolate too far?

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