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I am a quality professional by trade, and so, by necessity, daily heavy application of industrial statistics is a way of life.
I teach people all the time that the concept of “correlation is not necessarily causation”. Some people understand that, but many do not.
I like to use the analogy of washing your car, and it raining the next day. Strong correlation, but not causation.
While I would be inclined to believe that the rise in autism is directly linked to vaccinations, much more statistical, empirical data is needed in order to fully support that theory.
Toss in that the researcher who started this whole thing, now admits he was wrong.