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On the other side, I've owned a Model 3 for a year now and have not had any quality issues at all compared to my previous Audis and BMWs.

bennyelv 6y ago
Anecdotes do not equal data. Your personal experience with either situation says nothing about the underlying trends.
- dmode 6y ago
  To be fair, the previous comment was an anecdote as well.
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  I find "anecdotes do not equal data" to be unscientific. Your doctor doesn't take your oral history for fun, it's data. Now, just like a medical doctor we should weigh anecdotal data accordingly, but it's still data. Here for example we can tell BMW/Audi reportedly sometimes make production errors. Tesla reportedly don't always make significant (to the commenter) production errors. Sure, that's not terribly useful. It's still data. /bugbear
  - JxLS-cpgbe0 6y ago
    Where only one or two anecdotes are presented, there is a larger chance that they may be unreliable due to cherry-picked or otherwise non-representative samples of typical cases
  - akerl_ 6y ago
    I’m not sure the doctor comparison holds up here. The doctor takes your oral history to assess your health. Knowing that $x percent of family tree has high blood pressure means they can more accurately assess your risk of high blood pressure. For the population of “literally you”, your oral history is data. Now, if the next patient came in, and your doctor said “well, the last person in here has high blood pressure, you might have it to”, that’s an anecdote. Similarly, telling somebody ~”My instance of $product worked great” isn’t really useful info for them. That’s a sample size of 1 out of a massive number.
- zachallaun 6y ago
  He's responding to another anecdote, demonstrating that any anecdote likely has a counter-anecdote. You should read the context of a thread before replying snarkily.
- hnracer 6y ago
  This is scientism, word-thinking and a false dichotomy.
- top_sigrid 6y ago
  Why is this getting downvoted so heavily? It is totally true. If there are issues with the production, this will show only in big numbers. One anecdote saying "but I hade one and nothing happened" does literally say nothing about the problem.
- nickik 6y ago
  Data shows that Tesla QA might not be good, but many other expensive cars are not great either. Plus, Tesla has very high consumer satisfaction and low maintenance cost. Is that enough data for you?

bennyelv 6y ago

Anecdotes do not equal data. Your personal experience with either situation says nothing about the underlying trends.

dmode 6y ago
To be fair, the previous comment was an anecdote as well.
pbhjpbhj 6y ago
I find "anecdotes do not equal data" to be unscientific. Your doctor doesn't take your oral history for fun, it's data. Now, just like a medical doctor we should weigh anecdotal data accordingly, but it's still data. Here for example we can tell BMW/Audi reportedly sometimes make production errors. Tesla reportedly don't always make significant (to the commenter) production errors. Sure, that's not terribly useful. It's still data. /bugbear
- JxLS-cpgbe0 6y ago
  Where only one or two anecdotes are presented, there is a larger chance that they may be unreliable due to cherry-picked or otherwise non-representative samples of typical cases
- akerl_ 6y ago
  I’m not sure the doctor comparison holds up here. The doctor takes your oral history to assess your health. Knowing that $x percent of family tree has high blood pressure means they can more accurately assess your risk of high blood pressure. For the population of “literally you”, your oral history is data. Now, if the next patient came in, and your doctor said “well, the last person in here has high blood pressure, you might have it to”, that’s an anecdote. Similarly, telling somebody ~”My instance of $product worked great” isn’t really useful info for them. That’s a sample size of 1 out of a massive number.
zachallaun 6y ago
He's responding to another anecdote, demonstrating that any anecdote likely has a counter-anecdote. You should read the context of a thread before replying snarkily.
hnracer 6y ago
This is scientism, word-thinking and a false dichotomy.
top_sigrid 6y ago
Why is this getting downvoted so heavily? It is totally true. If there are issues with the production, this will show only in big numbers. One anecdote saying "but I hade one and nothing happened" does literally say nothing about the problem.
nickik 6y ago
Data shows that Tesla QA might not be good, but many other expensive cars are not great either. Plus, Tesla has very high consumer satisfaction and low maintenance cost. Is that enough data for you?