Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month ago50% survival ratesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1529arrow-down119
arrow-up1510arrow-down1image50% survival ratesh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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