From the course: Using Public Health Dashboards
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Limitations of dashboards
From the course: Using Public Health Dashboards
Limitations of dashboards
- [Presenter] A dashboard is only as good as data and metrics that are being shown to the user. Any gaps or inaccuracy in data can impact the information being displayed, and in extreme cases, lead to spurious conclusions. The COVID-19 dashboards present a particularly complex situation where data must be aggregated across multiple regions, multiple countries, as well as across counties and states. To ensure that the data being shown on the front end is accurate, the data processing must take into account that the definitions are consistent across different regions, and that the count and number of cases being presented is collected accurately. If we go back to the question of data for all, the democratization of data. In this case, we've seen that dashboards can also be problematic if the data being shown is not accurate, if the methodologies are not sound, and of course, if the public does not have enough…
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