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Sorry you had a bad time, but sample size of 1 is not compelling. "The plural of anecdote is anecdotes, not data." The issue could easily be bad management, ba
by kennywinker 13y ago
Sorry you had a bad time, but sample size of 1 is not compelling. "The plural of anecdote is anecdotes, not data."
The issue could easily be bad management, bad hiring, etc etc etc.
- skybrian 13y agoApparently that's a misquote and it was originally "The plural of anecdote is data." [1] Of course more data is better. [1] http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/04/the-plural-of-anecdote-is-data-after-all.html http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2011/04/the-plural-of-an...
- kennywinker 13y agoInteresting, but like the author of that post I'm going to stick with "not data". Anecdote usually implies personal experience, which is easily confused and misled. e.g. I know MANY people who claim to have seen a ghost, but I don't consider that useful data supporting the existence of ghosts. Technically it is data, but it's the LEAST trustworthy form of data, hence the dismissive expression.
- vacri 13y agoThe context is different though - the professor is stating that an anecdote is a data point, and plural data points can be referred to as data. Two stories are two datums, pluralised to data. The "not data" version is saying that anecdotes are in such small numbers and uncontrolled circumstances, that even though they are data points in and of themselves, they're not rigorous enough to draw wider conclusions from. It's a different context.
- e12e 13y agoSo, the plural of anecdote is data, and data still isn't information?
- sstrudeau 13y agoI are at the Linkery once, as well, and had an excellent meal & service.
- dminor 13y agoI ate there a couple times, and had excellent service both times.