Seasonal and Periodic Patterns in US COVID-19 Mortality using the Variable Bandpass Periodic Block Bootstrap

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Autori principali: Valachovic, Edward, Shishova, Ekaterina
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Shishova, Ekaterina
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Shishova, Ekaterina
contents Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, research into the existence, extent, and pattern of seasonality has been of the highest importance for public health preparation. This study uses a novel bandpass bootstrap approach called the Variable Bandpass Periodic Block Bootstrap (VBPBB) to investigate the periodically correlated (PC) components including seasonality within US COVID-19 mortality. Bootstrapping to produce confidence intervals (CI) for periodic characteristics such as the seasonal mean requires preservation of the PC component's correlation structure during resampling. While existing bootstrap methods can preserve the PC component correlation structure, filtration of that PC component's frequency from interference is critical to bootstrap the PC component's characteristics accurately and efficiently. The VBPBB filters the PC time series to reduce interference from other components such as noise. This greatly reduces bootstrapped CI size and outperforms the statistical power and accuracy of other methods when estimating the periodic mean sampling distribution. VBPBB analysis of US COVID-19 mortality PC components are provided and compared against alternative bootstrapping methods. These results reveal crucial evidence supporting the presence of a seasonal PC pattern and existence of additional PC components, their timing, and CIs for their effect which will aid prediction and preparation for future COVID-19 responses.
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spellingShingle Seasonal and Periodic Patterns in US COVID-19 Mortality using the Variable Bandpass Periodic Block Bootstrap
Valachovic, Edward
Shishova, Ekaterina
Applications
Methodology
62M10 (Primary) 62G09 (Secondary)
Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, research into the existence, extent, and pattern of seasonality has been of the highest importance for public health preparation. This study uses a novel bandpass bootstrap approach called the Variable Bandpass Periodic Block Bootstrap (VBPBB) to investigate the periodically correlated (PC) components including seasonality within US COVID-19 mortality. Bootstrapping to produce confidence intervals (CI) for periodic characteristics such as the seasonal mean requires preservation of the PC component's correlation structure during resampling. While existing bootstrap methods can preserve the PC component correlation structure, filtration of that PC component's frequency from interference is critical to bootstrap the PC component's characteristics accurately and efficiently. The VBPBB filters the PC time series to reduce interference from other components such as noise. This greatly reduces bootstrapped CI size and outperforms the statistical power and accuracy of other methods when estimating the periodic mean sampling distribution. VBPBB analysis of US COVID-19 mortality PC components are provided and compared against alternative bootstrapping methods. These results reveal crucial evidence supporting the presence of a seasonal PC pattern and existence of additional PC components, their timing, and CIs for their effect which will aid prediction and preparation for future COVID-19 responses.
title Seasonal and Periodic Patterns in US COVID-19 Mortality using the Variable Bandpass Periodic Block Bootstrap
topic Applications
Methodology
62M10 (Primary) 62G09 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06343