The paradox of big data spoils vaccination surveys
When Delphi-Facebook and the U.S. Census Bureau provided near-real time estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake last spring, their weekly surveys drew on responses from as many as 250,000 people.
When Delphi-Facebook and the U.S. Census Bureau provided near-real time estimates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake last spring, their weekly surveys drew on responses from as many as 250,000 people.
Mathematics
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Ecology
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Nanomaterials
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Social Sciences
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Social Sciences
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Ecology
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The human genome was sequenced around 20 years ago. Since then, the sequence information encoding our proteins is known—at least in principle. However, this information is not continuously stored in the individual genes, ...
Biotechnology
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Environment
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Plants & Animals
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Research from the University of Birmingham has concluded that the process of giving to charity has to be grounded in evidence rather than reaction.
Economics & Business
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