general, understanding statistics, Why PM

“You’re 100% alive or 100% dead at any given moment”

e-Patient Dave | June 27, 2010

A recurring training topic on this blog, originally for e-patients but also for clinicians and policy people, is understanding statistics. (See posts in that category.)  Not only are statistics often misinterpreted; even when they’re correctly understood, patients too often interpret a slim chance as no chance. During my illness I heard from a long-ago co-worker. [...]