
Accounting for Death in War: Separating Fact from Fiction
Discover the main methods used to account for war deaths, how they've been used and practice using them yourself.
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Understand how war deaths are counted
Calculating the number of deaths during a war is a difficult, but necessary, task - having accurate information is crucial for political and societal debates and decisions.
On this course you will explore the methods currently used to account for war deaths and then apply these methods to particular wars. Along the way you will debunk some widely circulated war-death claims. You will focus mainly on direct, violent deaths but will also cover some estimates of non-violent deaths caused indirectly by war.
This course is for anyone interested in war, history and politics and/or the use and abuse of numbers and statistics. You don’t need an advanced knowledge of mathematics.
Pricing:
Free
Free
Level:
Beginner
Beginner
Duration:
3 hours/week
3 hours/week
Educator:
Michael Spagat
Michael Spagat
Organization:
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Submitted by:
Coursearena
Coursearena
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