An anecdotal evidence (or anecdata) is a piece of evidence based on descriptions and reports of individual, personal experiences, or observations, collected...

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

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...

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

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

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"...

have no support except general acceptance and clinical anecdotal literature; however, any evidence of possible harm excludes treatments from this category...

appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence"), is a fallacy in informal logic. The fallacy is committed when one asserts...

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...

considered a fallacy, only that anecdotal evidence, when improperly used in logic, results in a fallacy. Since anecdotal evidence can result in different kinds...

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...

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

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

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

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...

resources about Scientific evidence Resources in your library Anecdotal evidence – Evidence relying on personal testimony Evidence-based medicine – Illness...

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...

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

of clinical efficacy, the protocol has been adopted by many due to anecdotal evidence of success. In a 2017 multicenter, placebo-controlled, repeat-dose...

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

is documented as far back as 1839 and, according to researchers, anecdotal evidence indicates that some Italians born before World War II associate that...

of women achieving orgasm from nipple stimulation relied solely on anecdotal evidence. Komisaruk's study was the first to map the female genitals onto the...

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

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

a century. Although proponents point to positive testimonials as anecdotal evidence of its utility for personality evaluation, these claims have not been...

Muslim men were targets of rape by West Pakistani soldiers as well. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some Imams and Mullahs based in West Pakistan supported...

formula. There are no published results concerning its error bounds. Anecdotal evidence suggests that it may diverge even for seemingly benign examples (when...

counterexample is excluded by definition. Rather than admitting error or providing evidence to disprove the counterexample, the original claim is changed by using...

known as a frequent set location in American films. Photographic and anecdotal evidence shows that the architect's client, Buck Stahl, provided the inspiration...