From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:15:40 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
      
   > "David Mitchell"  wrote in message   
   > news:pan.2005.10.20.21.10.40.204381@edenroad.demon.co.uk...   
   >> On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:30:34 -0500, Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor wrote:   
   >>>> Do tell, what do they do with anecdotes??   
   >>>   
   >> Once more: do tell, what do they do with anecdotes??   
   >   
   >  they make money off of them.  Seriously, it depends upon who's   
   > paying to mine what ever particular information is being researched /   
   > requested.  The options available are really infinite, and I'm not going to   
   > give you an infinite list of possibilities.   
      
   One would do.  If only you could.   
      
   >> Only the title is visible via Google.  If you have the text, publish it.   
   >   
   > You asked for a cite, I gave you a cite.  A complete cite.  And yes, I have   
   > the text, and if you want it, you can pay for it like everyone else who   
   > bought the journal(s.)   
      
   Don't be an idiot, Dick (assuming you can help it).   
   What, exactly, is achieved by posting a cite for a paper no-one can read   
   (apart from just showing-off)? How does that help your argument?   
      
   >> And _none_ of them are doing data extraction from anecdotal evidence.   
   >  Or would you like to prove me wrong?   
   >   
   >   All of them DID perform data extraction from anecdotal evidence   
   > ("qualitative data.")   
      
   You're still confusing anecdotal data (which is what we're talking about),   
   with the kind of "qualitative data" that makes its way into databases.   
      
   The two are not the same.   
      
   > The results were / are the proprietary property of the organizations who   
   > sponsored the research.  I'm legally bound not to reveal those results.   
   > Besides which, even if I wasn't legally bound, it would be ethically wrong   
   > to do so without the express, written consent of the sponsoring   
   > organization(s.)   
      
   And, even with your in-depth knowledge of the field you can't find even   
   one instance of anyone extracting quantitative data from anecdotal   
   evidence.   
      
   Face it Dick, you're just bluffing again, and I've caught you out, again.   
      
   Prove me wrong: cite one large-scale instance of the extraction   
   of quantitative data from anecdotal evidence.   
      
   This is the third time I've asked you for this information, I think the   
   obvious conclusion, that you're unable to produce the goods, it becoming   
   fairly apparent.   
      
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