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> In all likelihood, it was healthier than the average child born at 28 weeks How do you know that about this case? "Statistically speaking" only works when t
by washbrain 4y ago
> In all likelihood, it was healthier than the average child born at 28 weeks
How do you know that about this case? "Statistically speaking" only works when talking about groups, not individuals.
- mlyle 4y agoI think what they're trying to say is that some fraction of early births are because of something wrong with the fetus or maternal environment, and so there's a selection effect where those who are born early are less healthy than those carried to full term. That is, you probably expect a random child removed at 28 weeks to survive a greater fraction of the time than those spontaneously born at 28 weeks (which already survive at a very high rate).