For example a single, anecdotal review of a book will have more weight than the results of a poll of hundreds of people, even though the latter is likely to be more accurate.
Ms Berelowitz said that although there was a lot of anecdotal research, there was a serious lack of reliable data.
But you have to make a herculean mental effort to prevent anecdotal data from feeding a confirmation bias that essentially tells you what you want to hear.
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One of our diplomatic posts received anecdotal information from a third party regarding an alleged incident in Syria in December.
Anecdotal evidence that a behavior is safe is sometimes more convincing for young adults than the recommendations of health professionals.
The anecdotal report follows a series of bad US economic figures.
Data on funding for U.S. metal research is hard to come by, but anecdotal reports suggest a combination of public and private university funding and self-funding by researchers themselves.
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The Boys and Girls Clubs of America also has seen anecdotal evidence of a surge of interest for the summer, said Kirk Dominic, executive vice president of club services.
Vinnicombe adds that she has found anecdotal evidence that a number of senior women in the British banking sector have chosen to leave their jobs, rather than work in a "high pressure, highly controlling" work environment brought about by the economic crisis.
Despite the fact that this was anecdotal, it was a revelation to me.
While exact figures are hard to come by, anecdotal evidence suggests that a growing number of graduates from M.
While anecdotal evidence points to a boom in property sales, official statistics from January to August only record about 15, 000 transactions, while the number of property donations is twice that.
No-one sensible is now predicting the continuation of the exponential price increases that have been seen in Dubai since it opened its property market to foreigners and there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest a real estate is simply not moving.
There have been a few anecdotal concerns raised over the last several weeks that LightSquared's proposed LTE network -- which would repurpose L-band spectrum formerly used for satellite -- is too close to the spectrum used by the Global Positioning System, leading to unintentional jamming when the towers overpower the much weaker GPS signals.
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On the other side, there is a vast amount of anecdotal advice, mainly from consultants and trainers who believe in the universal efficacy of a particular selling approach.
Anecdotal evidence would point to a lack of iPhone sales during the quarter, and the numbers reflected that.
So says a score of anecdotal reports from retailers and statistics capturing the volume of spend this holiday season.
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The team led by Dr Liz Forbat said there was a lot of anecdotal evidence but no scientific studies.
The leaflet advertised Ainsworths' homeopathic remedies for serious diseases and said there was anecdotal evidence that they were a successful treatment.
Some studies, and a mass of anecdotal evidence, suggest that in the past few years attendance may well have been rising.
There are no statistics, but there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that Indian doctors are buzzing about the new opportunities to practice American-style medicine in India.
"We have anecdotal information suggesting anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred of them are missing, but we really don't know, " an immigration official told CNN.
The whales are known as "canaries of the sea" for their high-pitched chirps, but while a number of anecdotal reports have described whales making human-like speech, none had ever been recorded.
Then you shift gears and blame the teachers unions for protecting bad teachers that ought to be fired and dig into the all-too-deep trough of anecdotal evidence to dredge up a few examples of really bad teachers that were hard to fire.
Whether sports team ownership distracts hedge fund managers, is a sign their investment focus is fading, or the correlation is just a coincidence, anecdotal evidence on the connection, which has been noticed by those who follow hedge funds before, seems to be getting stronger.
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My feeling is we label companies innovators or not in a haphazard and somewhat anecdotal way.
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This gives the Republican side just enough anecdotal evidence and ammunition to convince a lot of voters that tort reform will solve all our problems.
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