7/67 Children Receiving Skysona Gene Therapy Develop Blood Cancer

Re:7/67 Children Receiving Skysona Gene Therapy Develop Bloo... by cies on Thursday October 10, 2024 @03:25AM (#41796441)

"7/67" this is why general public likes percentages. Or "one in X" type of ratios.

Next up: (e^-1)/3*3 children who got the COVID shot...

There's this saying in UX: don't make me think.

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Re:7/67 Children Receiving Skysona Gene Therapy Develop Bloo... by zxexz on Thursday October 10, 2024 @03:55AM (#41796610)

I also prefer not to have to think too hard when reading a headline. "7/67" saved me from thinking "10.4%? What's N?".

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Re:7/67 Children Receiving Skysona Gene Therapy Develop Bloo... by LarsDu88 on Thursday October 10, 2024 @01:33PM (#41801187)

Yeah but then you get headlines like 10% of children get cancer. How many children? 10 children? A million children?

When the sample sizes are small, it's better to just give the fraction IMO.

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