I do not understand this question need help In 1998, a paper by a researcher named Wakefield appeared in the prestigious medical journal Lancet, suggesting an association between the MMR vaccine and the onset of Autism. The sample size was 12, all taken from a children's birthday party. This paper initiated a firestorm of controversy and is implicated in a serious decline of vaccination rates. The paper has been thoroughly discredited by reputable authorities and was withdrawn by the journal in 2010. Wakefield lost his medical license and has since been shown to receive financial compensation for his views.As a student of statistics, please comment on his sampling technique.

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In 1998, a paper by a researcher named Wakefield appeared in the prestigious medical journal Lancet, suggesting an association between the MMR vaccine and the onset of Autism. The sample size was 12, all taken from a children's birthday party. This paper initiated a firestorm of controversy and is implicated in a serious decline of vaccination rates. The paper has been thoroughly discredited by reputable authorities and was withdrawn by the journal in 2010. Wakefield lost his medical license and has since been shown to receive financial compensation for his views.

As a student of statistics, please comment on his sampling technique.

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Convenience sampling is a non-probability sampling and the data collected in this method by the researcher according to his/her convenient.
This method will be adopted by the researchers because easy to collect data, cost-effective and less-time consuming.
This method does not represent the entire population and the results obtained from the sample cannot be used to conclude about the population.