%0 Journal Article %1 Cox2007 %A Cox, Anthony R %A Kirkham, Harold %D 2007 %J Drug safety : an international journal of medical toxicology and drug experience %K AutisticDisorder AutisticDisorder:epidemiology AutisticDisorder:etiology ComputerGraphics England England:epidemiology Humans Measles-Mumps-RubellaVaccine Measles-Mumps-RubellaVaccine:adverseeffects ResearchDesign UnitedStates UnitedStates:epidemiology %N 10 %P 831-6 %T A case study of a graphical misrepresentation: drawing the wrong conclusions about the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine. %U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17867721 %V 30 %X Graphs have been used in attempts to show a relationship between the measles, mumps and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine and autism. We examine the topic of graphical representation of data in general, and one of these graphs in particular: the one that appeared in a 1999 letter to The Lancet. That graph combined data from England and from California, USA. The author alleged that this graph illustrated a rise in autism rates linked to the use of the MMR vaccine. By examining the presentation closely, we are able to show how this graph misrepresented the data used. We give advice for both authors and publishers in the use of such graphical treatments of data. %@ 0114-5916

@article{Cox2007, abstract = {Graphs have been used in attempts to show a relationship between the measles, mumps and rubella virus (MMR) vaccine and autism. We examine the topic of graphical representation of data in general, and one of these graphs in particular: the one that appeared in a 1999 letter to The Lancet. That graph combined data from England and from California, USA. The author alleged that this graph illustrated a rise in autism rates linked to the use of the MMR vaccine. By examining the presentation closely, we are able to show how this graph misrepresented the data used. We give advice for both authors and publishers in the use of such graphical treatments of data.}, added-at = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, author = {Cox, Anthony R and Kirkham, Harold}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20c366740d44956d9a42d2df06c713506/jepcastel}, city = {West Midlands Centre for Adverse Drug Reactions, City Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, England. a.r.cox@aston.ac.uk}, interhash = {d12a053e6e10ed8b813403fcad78525e}, intrahash = {0c366740d44956d9a42d2df06c713506}, isbn = {0114-5916}, issn = {0114-5916}, journal = {Drug safety : an international journal of medical toxicology and drug experience}, keywords = {AutisticDisorder AutisticDisorder:epidemiology AutisticDisorder:etiology ComputerGraphics England England:epidemiology Humans Measles-Mumps-RubellaVaccine Measles-Mumps-RubellaVaccine:adverseeffects ResearchDesign UnitedStates UnitedStates:epidemiology}, month = {1}, note = {4257<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>PUBM: Print; JID: 9002928; ppublish;<m:linebreak></m:linebreak>Presentació de dades}, number = 10, pages = {831-6}, pmid = {17867721}, timestamp = {2023-02-03T11:44:35.000+0100}, title = {A case study of a graphical misrepresentation: drawing the wrong conclusions about the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine.}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17867721}, volume = 30, year = 2007 }