Project 3 covid 19 testing
Examine the statistical implications of mass COVID-19 testing. You will determine the anticipated PPV and NPV, you will analyze the possible sampling biases in the presented data, and you will identify possible correlations. Finally, you will examine the significance of these data implications on public policy.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an urgency in many countries, to increase the testing of the general population to determine and contain the spread of the disease. The plan to control an epidemic is to identify and isolate all cases to stop the spread. This plan requires accurate identification of everyone that is infected and/or exposed to the disease.
But no test is 100% accurate, so our project is to quantify the implications of testing accuracy during mass testing of COVID-19 and the real-life consequences of our findings on public policy.
