Stephen Jay Gould Quote

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)


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 ...