Modeling the spread of the Coronavirus
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Authors
Jaeger, Adam
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Issue Date
2020-05-03
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Video
Keywords
COVID-19 , Model
Citation
Jaeger, Adam. (2020, May 3). Modeling the spread of the Coronavirus [Video]. In Perspectives on the Pandemic, Part I. WSUtv. https://youtu.be/gTYsDtX4WUg?list=PL2X8Er7MV7iMF2gPJtyzvyOpkMa8LQfyl
Abstract
This talk will introduce statistical modeling concepts relating to prediction of COVID rates at a county level and specifically introduce the notion of spatial correlation, which recognizes that there is a connection between county proximity and amount of social movement between areas.
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Dr. Adam Jaeger is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wichita State University. Previously he was a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University and a visiting assistant professor at Indiana University. While his research interests cover a broad range of statistical concepts, his main focus is on likelihood theory, nonparametric statistics, computational statistics, and spatio-temporal modeling. Dr. Jaeger has worked with data from multiple fields, such as agriculture, imaging, climate, virology, chemistry, and physical therapy.
Publisher
Wichita State University
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Series
Persepective on the Pandemic, Part I
2020
2020