Media COVID Misinformation Due to Confounding

Autor/inn/en	Brenneman, Matthew T.; Pierce, Rebecca L.
Titel	Media COVID Misinformation Due to Confounding
Quelle	In: Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 45 (2023) 3, S.158-166 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pierce, Rebecca L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-982X
DOI	10.1111/test.12352
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Mortality Rate; Immunization Programs; Misconceptions; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Information Dissemination; Mass Media Effects; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mortalitätsrate; Immunisierung; Missverständnis; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Informationsverbreitung; Großbritannien
Abstract	We discuss a case study on how misinformation regarding COVID-19 health outcomes can arise due to confounding. Data from the UK on mortality rates suggest that people who have some level of vaccination and contract the Delta variant of COVID are twice as likely to die than those who are unvaccinated. Age, however, a confounding variable, when accounted for, produces a more complicated picture. The mortality rates for the vaccinated are statistically lower than the unvaccinated for the older but not younger age group. We present several approaches for teaching confounding to help students better understand this underemphasized concept's cause, effects, and origins. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01