tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343890344433623204.post4319397067603371778..comments2020-06-21T16:35:26.435-07:00Comments on Chris On Statistics: Median Survival Benefit: Meaningless or Mostly Meaningless?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07743497020079990420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343890344433623204.post-10038038649494928652014-04-02T15:51:34.642-07:002014-04-02T15:51:34.642-07:00At least the "averaged" patient will liv...At least the "averaged" patient will live 1 month longer...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743497020079990420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343890344433623204.post-22052252596958007172014-04-02T12:09:35.027-07:002014-04-02T12:09:35.027-07:00I show, in this unpublished working paper, that it...<i>I show, in this unpublished working paper, that it is a simple matter to come up with a mathematical example in which treatment A has greater median survival than treatment B, yet (almost) everyone in the data would live longer if they received treatment B.</i><br /><br />Of course, that is true for the ATE as well. If 99% of people lose 1 month of survival, and 1% gain 200 months, the ATE would be positive. And it would be a crappy drug that did this.Billnoreply@blogger.com