In article , Peter
wrote:

On 6/3/2010 1:57 AM, Mac Cool wrote:



One can often find anecdotal examples that support a certain position. Those
anecdotal examples are not likely to be statistically significant and
therefore,
not strong supporting evidence.

Anecdotes, by definition, are not statistically significant and even
less likely to be clinically significant (an important concern not
generally looked at even in large clinical trials).
I am reminded that anecdote is not the singular of data. (g).

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