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- noun Anecdotal
evidence .
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Examples
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So did "anecdata" suggesting that firstborns were more likely to win Nobel Prizes or become (ahem) prominent psychologists.
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My other favorite Mansplainer tactic is refuting several citations from government agencies and other reputable research sources with your "anecdata," and when I explain that research contradicts what you just said, tell me I'm hysterical and over-emotional.
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My other favorite Mansplainer tactic is refuting several citations from government agencies and other reputable research sources with your "anecdata," and when I explain that research contradicts what you just said, tell me I'm hysterical and over-emotional.
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I'll be honest: I usually don't place much stock in most of these reports, because they usually take a few SWAG (scientific wild-ass guess) survey results and so-called "anecdata" data points, and extrapolate them out several years with the added veneer of meaningless precision ( "12. 5% growth in 5 years"), all of which is about as ludicrous as you can get when predicting the future.
unknown title 2009
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I'll be honest: I usually don't place much stock in most of these reports, because they usually take a few SWAG (scientific wild-ass guess) survey results and so-called "anecdata" data points, and extrapolate them out several years with the added veneer of meaningless precision ( "12. 5% growth in 5 years"), all of which is about as ludicrous as you can get when predicting the future.
unknown title 2009
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I'll be honest: I usually don't place much stock in most of these reports, because they usually take a few SWAG (scientific wild-ass guess) survey results and so-called "anecdata" data points, and extrapolate them out several years with the added veneer of meaningless precision ( "12. 5% growth in 5 years"), all of which is about as ludicrous as you can get when predicting the future.
unknown title 2009
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I'll be honest: I usually don't place much stock in most of these reports, because they usually take a few SWAG (scientific wild-ass guess) survey results and so-called "anecdata" data points, and extrapolate them out several years with the added veneer of meaningless precision ( "12. 5% growth in 5 years"), all of which is about as ludicrous as you can get when predicting the future.
unknown title 2009
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I'll be honest: I usually don't place much stock in most of these reports, because they usually take a few SWAG (scientific wild-ass guess) survey results and so-called "anecdata" data points, and extrapolate them out several years with the added veneer of meaningless precision ( "12. 5% growth in 5 years"), all of which is about as ludicrous as you can get when predicting the future.
unknown title 2009
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I'll be honest: I usually don't place much stock in most of these reports, because they usually take a few SWAG (scientific wild-ass guess) survey results and so-called "anecdata" data points, and extrapolate them out several years with the added veneer of meaningless precision ( "12. 5% growth in 5 years"), all of which is about as ludicrous as you can get when predicting the future.
unknown title 2009
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Not the firmest data set, sure, but not just a single bit of anecdata ..
look_it_up_family commented on the word anecdata
On the PBS News Hour just now (3 April 2009), a correspondent used the word anecdata, which I assume is a contraction for anecdotal data.
April 3, 2009
dhuber commented on the word anecdata
Here's a usage (final paragraph): http://scientopia.org/blogs/proflikesubstance/2013/05/16/on-review-repetition/
There it's being used as per: http://www.wordspy.com/words/anecdata.asp
"Anecdotal evidence used as data in an attempt to prove a hypothesis or make a forecast."
May 16, 2013