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"anectodal support" is an oxymoron. You need many data points to show a correlation. Adding one more doesn't mean anything at all, whether it's an outlier or no
by Herring 19y ago
"anectodal support" is an oxymoron. You need many data points to show a correlation. Adding one more doesn't mean anything at all, whether it's an outlier or not.
- jcl 19y agoI entirely agree. I wasn't trying to prove anything -- much the opposite: I used an intentionally silly expression to indicate that while the fact agreed with the conclusions drawn in the article, it had no real statistical relevance. I nonetheless found it interesting.