Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago50% survival ratesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1610arrow-down121
arrow-up1589arrow-down1image50% survival ratesh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square74fedilink
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82arrow-down1·3 months agoFirst 20 patients died until the surgeon learned how to do it, next 20 survived. Technically it’s 50% survival rate
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoDepends on the sample size. If it’s just this guy doing it, then yeah. If it’s this guy who has done the procedure 20 times with 20 successes, and another doctor who sucks, who performed the procedure 20 times with 20 fatalities, that’s different. It’s likely that the sample size is much larger than one or two doctors.
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoYeah that’s how “normal people” thinks here
First 20 patients died until the surgeon learned how to do it, next 20 survived. Technically it’s 50% survival rate
Depends on the sample size.
If it’s just this guy doing it, then yeah.
If it’s this guy who has done the procedure 20 times with 20 successes, and another doctor who sucks, who performed the procedure 20 times with 20 fatalities, that’s different.
It’s likely that the sample size is much larger than one or two doctors.
Yeah that’s how “normal people” thinks here