Question

You may 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?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Depends on the sample size.

Lots of people, median

Few probably neither is very helpful, but I'll pick the mean.

You need a single word answer? I'll pick median.