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xkcd #3262: Sports Commentary

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The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3262/

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[-] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sometimes even worse, which is to collect a raft of data testing one hypothesis, and then realize it all came up empty, and so go looking for any data you can form a new hypothesis from that matches the data you already have.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

https://xkcd.com/882/ This, but done retrospectively

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