A quick NPR video describes random sampling in order to better understand the spread of COVID-19

This brief video from NPR (they make videos, what?) describes how the CDC will be randomly sampling Atlanta residents to test for COVID-19 antibodies. The efforts hope to provide a better estimate of the spread of the disease. H/t to Sy Islam for sharing this with me.

I think you could use this in class as a super-fast example of how we use samples to generalize about larger populations.



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