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I agree entirely.I'm a research scientist. Talented statisticians can make any data say what you want it to say depending on the calculations they choose to perform.
As the saying goes there are lies damn lies and statistics.
The thing is, though, that although everyone in the LL is innocent camp continually bangs on about "statistics", she was not convicted on anything statistical and statistics were essentially never mentioned during her tials.
The chart produced during the trial showing her shifts (which was mentioned a mere twice in ten months) was not a "statistical" chart at all. It was merely a chart to show that her shifts coincided with collapses and deaths. They never claimed that it made it likely that she did what she was charged with. It merely showed that she was there at the time. It was down to the jury to place whatever weight or significance on it they chose to.