Relationships between Demographic, Geographic, and Environmental Statistics and the Spread of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Italy

  1. Alessandro Rovetta
  2. Lucia Castaldo

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    SciScore for 10.1101/2020.09.18.20196980: (What is this?)

    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    For each sample, kurtosis (k) and skewness (s) were calculated using Microsoft Excel 2020 software.
    Microsoft Excel
    suggested: (Microsoft Excel, RRID:SCR_016137)
    When we highlighted linear correlations, we used the Igor Pro 6.37 software to interpolate the data through the equation y = a + bx.
    Igor Pro
    suggested: (IGOR Pro, RRID:SCR_000325)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Limitations: Statistical correlations can provide valid support for hypotheses and theories as well as fundamental indicators of phenomena to be explored; however, they cannot demonstrate the causal nature of a phenomenon.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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  2. Version published to 10.7759/cureus.11397
  3. Version published to 10.1101/2020.09.18.20196980 on medRxiv