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''personal anecdotes do not make a data set''???

Posted by Manstuprator on 2024-April-4 12:28:17, Thursday
In reply to Re: Well, it's like this.... posted by monkeyLostInHead on 2024-April-4 11:48:41, Thursday
Usually I ignore the contradictions/errors in your posts, but I'm not going to let this one slide. Sorry...

"You may have heard the phrase 'the plural of anecdote is not data'. It turns out that this is a misquote. The original aphorism, by the political scientist Ray Wolfinger, was just the opposite: The plural of anecdote is data. Wolfinger's formulation makes sense: Data does not have a virgin birth.

GOOGLE:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=the+plural+of+anecdote+is+not+data
... RESULT:
Sep 10, 2015
Don't forget: The plural of anecdote is data
danwin.com
http://blog.danwin.com › don-t-forget-the-plural-of-anec...

M.
For an "expert" logician, you often seem quite ignorant...

SEE ALSO:
“Never argue with a librarian; they know too much.”
-- Carole Nelson Douglas
https://quotefancy.com/quote/1691870/Carole-Nelson-Douglas-Never-argue-with-a-librarian-they-know-too-much



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