for means of independent samples and paired data; likelihood ratio tests; nonparametric hypothesis testsData Resources of COVID-19
1.1 Global confirmed cases and deaths by Johns Hopkins University
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-cases
1.2 Daily test result by states
https://covidtracking.com/
https://covidtracking.com/api/
1.3 other data resources
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en
https://publichealthsbc.org/ (Santa Barbara)
1.4 Kaggle contest
https://www.kaggle.com/tags/covid19
1.5 Forecast by institute for Health metrics and Evaluation from University of Washington
https://covid19.healthdata.org/projections
Please also find different data sets from the research articles.
You only need to select one or two topics below to explore in your project. You are NOT
required to answer all questions. You can also explore other meaningful research questions
related to COVID-19 and/or the course materials. These questions should be answered based
on data and statistical models. Some of following questions are broad and you need to narrow
down the topics.
2. Sample research questions:
2.1 (Short term forecast). Can we forecast the number of confirmed cases and deaths for
different countries and regions for the next day, week and month?
2.2 (Long run forecast). Can we forecast the total number of confirmed cases and deaths?
2.3 What are the maximum ICU beds needed at different states and regions?
2.4 What is the total number of patents at different countries (which should be larger than
the confirmed cases)?
2.5 What is the proportion of the asymptomatic and mildly ill cases in COVID-19?
2.6 What are the effects of policy of national and local government agencies to reduce the
total number of confirmed cases and deaths? How many dates do it take to prevent the
spread of the virus at different nations and regions?
2.7 What is the probability of the second wave of second patents if we relax the mitigation
at certain date? How large is the second wave?
2.8 Why does the US have so limited test kits in March when there is already a large
outbreak in China in January? What went wrong with the COVID-19 testing in US? What
are the benefits of having a large proportion of the population tested (such as what is
done in South Korea and Germany)?
2.9 What’s the effect of this pandemic of countries in Africa with very limit medical
resources?
2.10 What is climate effect on this pandemic? What will happen to the country in the
south hemisphere? Would COVID-19 come back in winter?
2.11 (Climate change related to COVID-19). E.g. Some reports on China and Europe
states there are less CO2, NO2 and other greenhouse gas. What is the effect of the
slowdown of production on our climate?
2.12 What is the origin of COVID-19? Scientists now believe it comes from nature. The
animal movement data may tell us something related to animal movement. What is the
connection related to human activities and climate change?
https://www.movebank.org/cms/movebank-main
2.13 What is the economic impact of COVID-19 in the long run? What are the
consequences of the stimulus package of different countries?
2.14 What are the psychological mental health issues of staying at home? How does it
influence human’s behavior? What are the negative and positive effects?
2.15 What are the roles of federal governments of different nations in this pandemic
so far? What difference can they make? What about the local (state) governments?
What about WHO and other international agencies?
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