the.com/success rates
the percentage that lets everyone lie with a straight face and a decimal point.
means a ratio of favorable outcomes to total attempts, dressed up to sound more rigorous than it usually is.
from emerged with industrial quality control and clinical trials, where measuring failure precisely mattered more than measuring it honestly.
denominator gamesexclude the failures early, rate looks better
survivorship biasonly surviving cases get counted at all
ivf clinicsquietly redefine success mid-cycle for marketing