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| title = Probability | | title = Probability | ||
| image = probability.png | | image = probability.png | ||
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| titletext = My normal approach is useless here, too. | | titletext = My normal approach is useless here, too. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| + | As the title text says, [[55|my normal approach is useless here]]. | ||
| − | [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are sitting on a hospital bed | + | [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are sitting on a hospital bed reading a piece of paper, with the statistics for {{w|breast cancer}} survival. It looks like Megan has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. |
| − | + | The dotted line represents the survival rate distribution: the higher number being centered on about 5 years, in this case with a chance of 81%. 10 years is the limit: the max survival rate expected is 10 years, with a chance of 77%. | |
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| + | [[Randall]] posted [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ this] blag post two months after posting this strip explaining the cancer strips. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[A plot of | + | :[A plot of years vs. percent, with a solid and a dashed line. The solid line starts at 100%, and drops constantly. The dashed line starts around 85%, rises to 95% after 5 years, then drops.] |
:[A simple table.] | :[A simple table.] | ||
| − | : | + | :5 years 81% |
| − | + | :10 years 77% | |
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| − | :[ | + | :[Two people are sitting on a bench, next to an IV drip hanging from a rack. One is holding a paper.] |
:Cueball: You know, probability used to be my favorite branch of math | :Cueball: You know, probability used to be my favorite branch of math | ||
:Cueball: Because it had so many real-life applications. | :Cueball: Because it had so many real-life applications. | ||
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:[They embrace, faces together.] | :[They embrace, faces together.] | ||
| − | {{comic discussion}} | + | {{comic discussion}} |
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics with charts]] |
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[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
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