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Comments by "michael" (@michaeld4861) on "Vaccines Cause Autism – Debunked (Andrew Wakefield Exposed)" video.
This is exactly how people use real data (or anomalies) to skew their outcome. If you only use 12 people for a study there is a much higher chance that all 12 (or the majority) will be outliers or anomalies compared to when you use acceptable sample sizes. The book "Thinking, Fast and Slow" does a good job explaining how small sample sizes can be used to go against scientific consensus and even show the opposite of the truth.
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