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As the saying goes "the plural of anecdote is not data". Unless you are collecting the anecdotes in a methodical way then it doesn't tell you anything, since yo
by shawnz 8y ago
As the saying goes "the plural of anecdote is not data". Unless you are collecting the anecdotes in a methodical way then it doesn't tell you anything, since you can't know what biases your data is affected by
- phkahler 8y agoI cured my X by doing Y. Is that an anecdote or a data point? What if 150 people tell you the same thing? Having done exactly that, I don't really care how anyone else classifies it, it is my reality.
- shawnz 8y agoIt's an anecdote. It doesn't matter if you hear it 150 times, obviously. If you hear 150 people tell you that vaccines gave their child autism, is that your reality?