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So their entire argument is statistics does not tell the entire story. Didn't we all learn this truth when we learned statistics?
by 1970-01-01 1y ago
So their entire argument is statistics does not tell the entire story. Didn't we all learn this truth when we learned statistics?
- tptacek 1y agoI don't think it's nearly as obvious as that; the same misunderstanding of 5-year survival statistics also biases international health system comparisons --- countries can look like they're really good at treating XYZ cancer, but in fact only be better at detecting it at an earlier stage.