From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:55:00 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
      
   > "David Mitchell"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2005.10.15.05.52.36.238046@edenroad.demon.co.uk...   
   >> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:33:39 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> People misperceive, misremember and lie.   
   >>>   
   >>> and despite all that, their statements can be measured as "qualitative"   
   >>> data.  Therefore, statistically, it is science.   
   >>   
   >> In the sense that one can, sometimes, extract some useful commonalities   
   >> from anecdotal evidence, perhaps.   
   >>   
   >> Otherwise, they have very little use.   
   >   
   > There is a rather large rise these days in large-scale qualitative data   
   > mining -- extremely lucrative, when applied correctly.   
      
   Which has _what_ to do with "anecdotal evidence"??   
      
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