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> massive influx of personal anecdotes a.k.a. sampling from the distribution of interest. Once you have enough anecdotes, you actually have a representative di
by vladimirralev 2y ago
> massive influx of personal anecdotes
a.k.a. sampling from the distribution of interest. Once you have enough anecdotes, you actually have a representative distribution of the real thing. Selection may be biased but you can weight those data points as you like, it's still good data.
- danmaz74 2y agoExcept for the fact that anecdotes aren't a random sample, they're selected because they're interesting.