https://6sigma.com/rate-of-autism-diagnosis-a-case-of-operational-definitions-and-check-sheet-data-collection/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://6sigma.com/rate-of-autism-diagnosis-a-case-of-operational-definitions-and-check-sheet-data-collection/#comment-25711 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:49:53 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=10185#comment-25711 Most people don’t think in terms of hypotheses and testing them, a casualty of American science “education.” As an extreme introvert, likely today I’d have been diagnosed as autistic even though, by all measures today, I’m not. Were I thinking of this scientifically, I would test the last three hypotheses, particularly the definition and the screening rate, before moving on to the others. Now let me go home and throw out that aluminum brewpot (it’s been shown there is no link between aluminum, either in pots or vaccines, to autism but try to tell that one to that that renowned scientist and Baywatch babe Jenny McCarthy).

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