Abstract
Scores can be surprising, whether they are from sport matches or medical outcomes. In sports we like to preserve the pressure: even the absolute front-runner has only one chance to win the Olympics or World Cup. But what if we encounter a single medical outcome in a study? In those cases we need to be careful with promises of personalized medicine and precision medicine. Clinical science cannot do without repetition and averages.
| Translated title of the contribution | Why statisticians prefer average over exceptional |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Article number | D6642 |
| Pages (from-to) | 22-23 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
| Volume | 166 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Apr 2022 |
Keywords
- responder analysis