Anecdotal evidence is evidence based only on personal observation, collected in a casual or non-systematic manner. When used in advertising or promotion...

psycholinguistics and choice theory, anecdotal value refers to the primarily social and political value of an anecdote or anecdotal evidence in promoting understanding...

as evidence that cannot be investigated using the scientific method. The problem with arguing based on anecdotal evidence is that anecdotal evidence is...

appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence"), is a fallacy in informal logic. It asserts that a proposition is true...

the presence of certain people. The term was coined after mysterious anecdotal stories involving Austrian theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, describing...

explaining how the sting lasts for such a long time. There has been anecdotal evidence of some plants having no sting but still possessing the hairs, suggesting...

leaving a butt plug inserted for longer than two to three hours, though anecdotal evidence dictates some users wear their plugs for even longer; some committed...

hypothesis'. The rules for evidence used by science are collected systematically in an attempt to avoid the bias inherent to anecdotal evidence. In law, the production...

scientists apply to evidence exclude certain evidence that is legitimate in other contexts. For example, anecdotal evidence from a friend about how to treat a certain...

from anecdote – a fallacy where anecdotal evidence is presented as an argument; without any other contributory evidence or reasoning. Inductive fallacy...

little evidence of improvement or underlying technological change in their underlying know-how across generations. For example, archaeological evidence indicates...

suppresses evidence that could lead to a complete picture. Cherry picking can be found in many logical fallacies. For example, the "fallacy of anecdotal evidence"...

necessarily the logical result. False equivalence is a common result when an anecdotal similarity is pointed out as equal, but the claim of equivalence does...

fallacy) Alignments of random points – Phenomenon in statistics Anecdotal evidence – Evidence relying on personal testimony Apophenia – Tendency to perceive...

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Anecdotal evidence Clinical decision support system (CDSS) Clinical epidemiology Consensus (medical) Epidemiology Evidence-based dentistry Evidence-based...

hybrid rituals and spiritual and recreational drug tourism. Also, anecdotal evidence, studies conducted among ayahuasca consumers and clinical trials suggest...

have a larger clitoris and avoid other unwanted virilizing effects. Anecdotal evidence suggests that DHT (dihydrotestosterone), a very potent androgen, can...

Grass, a U.S. airlift to replace all of Israel's material losses. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Kissinger told Sadat that the reason for the U.S. airlift...

informal logical fallacy, where anecdotal evidence is presented as an argument; without any other contributory evidence or reasoning. This type of argument...

profiling. Belief in psychological profiling has often been supported by anecdotal evidence describing BAU profiles as a necessary key to solving a crime. A homeless...

credence to anecdotal evidence, and for questionable investigative methods; for instance, the studies which have yielded positive evidence for a precisely...

work has produced no accepted scientific evidence that precognition exists. The large body of anecdotal evidence can be explained by alternative psychological...

Journal of Insulin resistance. However, his findings were based on anecdotal evidence, low-quality studies and cherry-picking, where mainly studies that...

is much anecdotal evidence that the agile mindset and agile-based practices improve the software development process, the empirical evidence is limited...

dietary requirements can be a challenge for some keepers, and there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that feeding them a diet of exclusively rodents contributes...

and could open its jaws to an unusual extent. Recent studies and anecdotal evidence on its predatory behaviour suggest that the thylacine was a solitary...

harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense...

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male delinquents with a switchblade or flick knife, based mostly on anecdotal evidence. In 1954, Democratic Rep. James J. Delaney of New York authored the...