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The plural of anecdote is data ;)
by zarmin 7y ago
The plural of anecdote is data ;)
- fallous 7y agoThe plural of anecdote is "anecdotes." The singular of data is "datum."
- kdmccormick 7y agoThanks for that clarification.
- andreareina 7y agoIt's a somewhat well-known quote that gets interpreted all sorts of ways. https://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/04/the-plural-of-anecdote-is-data-after-all.html https://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/04/the-plural-of-a...
- fallous 7y agoIndeed it is well-known (albeit apocryphally for most), mostly as the source of the rejoinder "the plural of anecdote is not data" which is rather more well-known among those who do analytics and is more correct at least in regards to the common definitions of "anecdote."
- doovd 7y agoWoooosh...
- code_duck 7y agoOnly if it’s gathered in a structured way.