Read in the newspaper that a study of a new drug for cancer “increased survival by an average of 8 weeks.” it turns out that this is a median, and it is used for complicated statistical reasons. But in a perfect world, would you prefer to know the increase in mean or median survival?

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In the ideal world I would like to know as much as possible So for example ideal case would be knowi... View the full answer