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"Anecdata" is usually online shorthand these days for saying, "I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but fwiw here's my experience."
by shrikant 8y ago
"Anecdata" is usually online shorthand these days for saying, "I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but fwiw here's my experience."
- petecooper 8y ago^ This is what I meant by it. Not corroborated by any scientific study, just a field report.
- fifnir 8y ago> Not corroborated by any scientific study, just a field report. But that's exactly what "anecdote" means already, why change it?