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An anecdote is essentially a short story about an interesting or relevant event that happened to someone. Anecdotal evidence is when, rather than providing evidence based on scientific research, statistics, or experimentation, personal stories related to a similar topic are collected and offered as evidence.

An example of this would be a friend of yours discouraging you from patronizing a local grocery store by telling you the story of how they thought they were treated rudely by the manager when reporting on an employee not rushing to wash their hands after coughing on them. Though usually compelling (it can be hard to disregard a good story), anecdotal evidence is not necessarily the most reliable source of information.

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Discussion topic Question: Anecdotal evidence vs. Research Based Evidence
Anecdotal evidences make good use of time. Scientific research involves processes of
verification. These processes are normally long. Yet, the evidences needed often require short
periods of approval. Therefore, these long processes are not favorable for certain situations.
Anecdotes are more powerful than scientific research in appealing to masses. Anecdotes are
easier for the simple mind, more captivating to pay attention to and less expensive. Moreover,
anecdotes are based on real known persons with real experiences. Scientific research on the other
hand can be complex, exhaustive and time consuming. Scientific research is based on studies on
numerous unknown participants and some of their opinio...


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