I seem to be unable to grasp the subtlety of this discussion. I thought that the meaining of the original quote was to point out that anecdotes are subjective and based on the speaker's personal experience. Data are more objective measures that can be replicated, given the same conditions. One can read or listen to anecdotes and gather data from the content. Others reading or listening to the same anecdotes would obtain much the same data. The point of the expression, I would have thought, is that simply collecting anecdotes about an event is not data in the statistical sense (unless of course on is collecting data on the number of existing anecdotes. Data can be used to verify or contradict hypotheses. A collection of anecdotes is simply a collection of anecdotes.
Harry Avis PhD Sierra College Rocklin, CA 95677 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life is opinion - Marcus Aurelius There is nothing that is good or bad, but that thinking makes it so - Shakespeare _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
