Gary Klatsky wrote:
> An anecdote from a single or few students may be interesting but it
provides no usable
> information about the population. A case study may give us a reason to
> reflect and go on to determine whether there is a real phenomenon
reflected
> by that person.
I'd also be a lot more convinced if there were some variance among those
anecdotes. The extreme lack of variance doesn't strengthen the case - it
exposes it as not reflecting anything about the real world (in the same way
that Sadaam Hussein's 100% of the vote in that last "election" did <grin>).
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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