The problem may be briefly stated: What does "median mortality of eight months" signify in our vernacular? I suspect that most people, without training in statistics, would read such a statement as "I will probably be dead in eight months" - the very conclusion that must be avoided, since it isn't so, and since attitude matters so much.


The Median Isn't the Message (1985)

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

The problem may be briefly stated: What does median mortality of eight months signify in our vernacular? I suspect that most people, without training ...

The problem may be briefly stated: What does median mortality of eight months signify in our vernacular? I suspect that most people, without training ...

The problem may be briefly stated: What does median mortality of eight months signify in our vernacular? I suspect that most people, without training ...

The problem may be briefly stated: What does median mortality of eight months signify in our vernacular? I suspect that most people, without training ...