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Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar

Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar

Posted Aug 24, 2012 20:08 UTC (Fri) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)
In reply to: Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by dgm
Parent article: Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar

Lots of "anecdotes" == overwhelming evidence.

No. You only get meaningful, much less overwhelming, evidence if you have a representative sample, and listening to whomever yells the loudest is not a reliable way to get it. Improper sampling is exactly why the plural of anecdote is not data.


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