Joel Best
COVID-19 and Numeracy: How about Them Numbers?
University of Delaware
quantitative efforts understand emergence covid19 pandemic need viewed lens social construction begin comparing efforts quantitatively measure plague london 1665 develop five propositions studying social construction statistics 1 facts social constructions 2 measuring involves making decisions 3 counting straightforward 4 comparisons involve choices 5 social patterns shape numbers examining propositions affect know covid19 consider implications moving beyond mathematics approaching numeracy