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Unpacking COVID-19 publication research themes and urban indications (Part I)
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brings both deep and broad impacts worldwide, calling for all research efforts to tackle the uncertainty and…
The Importance of the "Starting Point" in Tracking COVID by Region
When comparing how different regions have been impacted by the coronavirus over time, it is important to define a "starting point": an early…
Implications of Missing Data: Gaps in COVID-19 Data by Race & Ethnicity
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of collecting and reporting data on health outcomes by race and ethnicity in order to…
Covid-19 Tests and Inequality
Chart 1. The graph above shows the changes of test per capita and percentage of positive tests returned. The size of the circle indicate the…
Creating Best Practices for Visualizing Covid Data
The global importance of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic, and the salience of eye-catching data visualizations in these times, necessitate a profoundly judicious use of data variables and normalizations. Here is a survey of professional guidance on this topic.
Introducing the CDDL Blog!
Since March, we at the Civic Data Design Lab (CDDL) have been collecting and analyzing data surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Our work has…