From 2772febe9c67e0a6255352bea242f19d46c9cfda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: suhanlu Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:34:11 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 1. indicate the standard error and sample sizes are not available/applicable for all these pages in limitations section --- docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md | 2 +- docs/api/covidcast-signals/doctor-visits.md | 2 +- docs/api/covidcast-signals/dsew-cpr.md | 2 ++ docs/api/covidcast-signals/google-symptoms.md | 2 ++ docs/api/covidcast-signals/hhs.md | 2 ++ docs/api/covidcast-signals/hospital-admissions.md | 2 ++ docs/api/covidcast-signals/jhu-csse.md | 2 ++ docs/api/covidcast-signals/nchs-mortality.md | 4 ++++ docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md | 2 ++ 9 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md index 4e2f86b54..4fe525626 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ all of them, and so this source only represents those encounters known to them. Their coverage may vary across the United States, but they report on about 45% of all doctor's visits nationally. -Standard errors are not available for this data source. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not available for this data source. Due to changes in medical-seeking behavior on holidays, this data source has upward spikes in the fraction of doctor's visits that are COVID-related around diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/doctor-visits.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/doctor-visits.md index 594d5fbbf..ecacb8ad2 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/doctor-visits.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/doctor-visits.md @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ outpatient doctor's visits, but not all of them, and so this source only represents those visits known to them. Their coverage may vary across the United States. -Standard errors are not available for this data source. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not available for this data source. Due to changes in medical-seeking behavior on holidays, this data source has upward spikes in the fraction of doctor's visits that are COVID-related around diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/dsew-cpr.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/dsew-cpr.md index 2665412da..d252eccdf 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/dsew-cpr.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/dsew-cpr.md @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ This data source is susceptible to large corrections that can create strange dat Not all CPRs have the same lag between the CPR date (listed in the filename) and the date for a particular signal. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics. + ### Differences with HHS reports An analysis comparing the diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/google-symptoms.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/google-symptoms.md index 43360e48e..88f7bc01a 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/google-symptoms.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/google-symptoms.md @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ popularity of symptoms in searches within each geographical region individually. This means that the resulting values of symptom set popularity are **NOT** comparable across geographic regions, while the values of different symptom sets are comparable within the same location. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not available for this data source. + More details about the limitations of this dataset are available in [Google's Search Trends symptoms dataset documentation](https://storage.googleapis.com/gcp-public-data-symptom-search/COVID-19%20Search%20Trends%20symptoms%20dataset%20documentation%20.pdf). diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hhs.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hhs.md index 6ef316e37..29e85add1 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hhs.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hhs.md @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities, Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities, Defense Health Agency (DHA) facilities, and religious non-medical facilities. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics. + ## Lag and Backfill HHS issues updates to this timeseries once a week, and occasionally more diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hospital-admissions.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hospital-admissions.md index 26d716f29..7094a659b 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hospital-admissions.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/hospital-admissions.md @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ hospitalizations, but not all of them, and so this source only represents those hospitalizations known to them. Their coverage may vary across the United States. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not available for this data source. + ## Qualifying Admissions We receive two daily data streams of new hospital admissions recorded by the health system partners at each location. One stream is based on electronic medical records, and the other comes from claims records. diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/jhu-csse.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/jhu-csse.md index c27e4476b..4cfdbeb7c 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/jhu-csse.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/jhu-csse.md @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ can also change reporting standards in ways that dramatically increase the number of cumulative deaths, resulting in an apparent spike in incidence. This should be interpreted purely as an artifact of data reporting and correction. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics. + ## Geographical Exceptions Due to differences in state reporting standards, certain counties are not diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nchs-mortality.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nchs-mortality.md index acecececf..69f93a8dc 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nchs-mortality.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nchs-mortality.md @@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ affected or delayed by COVID-19 related response activities which make death counts not comparable across states. We check for updates reported by NCHS every weekday but will report the signals weekly (on Monday). +## Limitations + +Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics. + ## Source and Licensing This data was originally published by the National Center for Health Statistics, diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md index 16ba0c368..d1200661a 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/usa-facts.md @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Due to differences in state reporting standards, certain counties are not reported in the USAFacts data or are reported combined with other counties; these exceptions are explained below. +Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics. + ## Geographical Exceptions ### New York City