1. I’m bemused by the trend to say “but it’s anecdotal”in everyday conversation. The alternative is to present some kind of statistical or data-driven analysis, but doing these justice means parsing the techniques used on that data.
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3. I accept that the head of the Bank of England can’t just tell a Commons committee, “Well, there are a lot of ‘For Sale’ signs up in my area.” The answer is that saying “that’s anecdotal” is a means ot signal superior “scientific: knowledge”. When it isn’t in that context.
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