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Comment author: wedrifid 18 March 2012 02:36:19PM *  2 points [-]

Anecdotal evidence has about as much value as correlation studies. It's inspiration for a real study at best.

Oh, of course. I live my life primarily based on what I learn from anecdotal evidence. For example, if anecdotal evidence tells me that my girlfriend is likely to do X, where X is a particularly undesirable behavior I transition her to 'ex'.

Comment author: taw 18 March 2012 02:44:08PM 0 points [-]

Funny that you mention it, I did some correlational studies of early stages of dating, since sample size was big enough there to get something of value (and effect sizes were massive). Single blinded even, since none of them had any idea. I'd say it was more valuable than most correlational studies getting published.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 March 2012 03:15:34PM *  -1 points [-]

Single blinded even, since none of them had any idea.

For some reason I initially read that as "Single blinded men, since none of them had any idea" and I thought you were making a witty jest at the expense of guys that you had dated!

I'd say it was more valuable than most correlational studies getting published.

More fun to do too! Well, we can hope.