1. RACIAL/ETHNIC COUNTIES COMPOSITION EFFECTS ON COVID-19 CASE RATES AND CASE FATALITY RATIOS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2020: A SPATIAL APPROACH Open Access Author: Stiberman, Laura Title: RACIAL/ETHNIC COUNTIES COMPOSITION EFFECTS ON COVID-19 CASE RATES AND CASE FATALITY RATIOS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2020: A SPATIAL APPROACH Graduate Program: Sociology Keywords: COVID-19percentage of Blackspercentage of Hispanicsspatial dependencespatial nonstationary File: Download Laura_Stiberman_MA_paper_revised.pdf Committee Members: Stephen Augustus Matthews, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGuangqing Chi, Committee MemberAshton Michael Verdery, Committee MemberEric P Baumer, Program Head/Chair