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The plural of anecdote is not data. (Just a note to keep in mind when seeing all these personal testimonies)

• acchow 13y ago
  > "The plural of anecdote is not data" -unknown source. FTFY. I read this about a year ago and have been unable to find the source. Does anyone know where this is from?
  • mgkimsal 13y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6812217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6812217
  • dpark 13y ago
    In an era of high-quality search, you could plug this into the search engine of your choice and get a better answer than you're likely to find on the HN comments. e.g. http://askville.amazon.com/original-source-quote-plural-anecdote-data/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=1415780 http://askville.amazon.com/original-source-quote-plural-anec... http://freakonomics.com/2010/04/29/quotes-uncovered-whats-the-plural-of-anecdote/ http://freakonomics.com/2010/04/29/quotes-uncovered-whats-th...