Anecdotal v. Empirical Evidence – Why Using Anecdotal Evidence is a Poor Way to Argue
Anecdotal evidence is evidence from anecdotes: evidence collected in a casual or informal manner and relying heavily on or entirely on personal experience/testimony or the experiences of friends. ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE IS UNRELIABLE, WHY? Your personal experiences and/or your friends experiences are not evidence of how everyone else reacts or thinks. Anecdotal evidence lacks verification and…