"Good news! 42% of doctors can correctly answer a true-false question on p-values! That’s only 8% worse than a coin flip!
And this paragraph is your friendly reminder that six months after this study was published, the FDA decided it was unsafe for individuals to look at their own genome since they might misunderstand the risks involved. Instead, they must rely on their doctor. I am sure that statisticians and math professors making life-changing health or reproductive decisions feel perfectly confident being at the mercy of people whose statistics knowledge is worse than chance.
Now that I’ve got the sensationalism out of the way, let’s look at this study more closely."
http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/12/17/statistical-literacy-among-doctors-now-lower-than-chance/
And this paragraph is your friendly reminder that six months after this study was published, the FDA decided it was unsafe for individuals to look at their own genome since they might misunderstand the risks involved. Instead, they must rely on their doctor. I am sure that statisticians and math professors making life-changing health or reproductive decisions feel perfectly confident being at the mercy of people whose statistics knowledge is worse than chance.
Now that I’ve got the sensationalism out of the way, let’s look at this study more closely."
http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/12/17/statistical-literacy-among-doctors-now-lower-than-chance/