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Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Aaron » Thu 12 Feb 2009, 18:41:13

That said,

Check out this anecdote.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')ACOMA, Wash. - It's a sign of the times that says it all - more than 1,600 people have applied for a single job as a Tacoma water meter reader.

Tacoma Public Utilities says the 1,600 applications were received when the position was advertised, and some 807 people showed up at the Tacoma Dome to take the test.


http://www.komonews.com/news/39498372.html

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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Novus » Thu 12 Feb 2009, 18:55:59

All this proves is how wasteful we are. It probably cost the utility company $100,000+ to process all the applications and tests for one job that pays less than $50,000. The company will never make that money back even if the new hire stays with the company for 40 years.

A real sign of the times was a large job fair that had 20 thousand people attend. The line to get in was 15 hours and wrapped around the stadium. It was very reminiscent of Katrina refugees going to the super dome as a shelter of last resort.
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Daniel_Plainview » Thu 12 Feb 2009, 19:01:14

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '8')07 people showed up at the Tacoma Dome to take the test.


I've heard from friends that the water-meter reading test is a killer.
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Aaron » Thu 12 Feb 2009, 19:13:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DoomWarrior', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '8')07 people showed up at the Tacoma Dome to take the test.


I've heard from friends that the water-meter reading test is a killer.


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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Pops » Thu 12 Feb 2009, 21:10:30

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')necdote |ˈanikˌdōt|
noun
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person:


Isolated stories may sway some opinions - but mostly it's when the short story is one's own do behaviors change.


The question is: "Will what you read and research affect your behavior before the anecdote is about you?"
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby ReverseEngineer » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 01:04:01

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')necdote |ˈanikˌdōt|
noun
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person:


Isolated stories may sway some opinions - but mostly it's when the short story is one's own do behaviors change.


The question is: "Will what you read and research affect your behavior before the anecdote is about you?"



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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Tanada » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 04:58:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'A')ll for freedom and for pleasure
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Tears for Fears? I didn't think you were that old Aaron :-)
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Aaron » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 06:50:39

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'A')ll for freedom and for pleasure
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Tears for Fears? I didn't think you were that old Aaron :-)


And you would be very, very wrong...

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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby Tanada » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 08:11:15

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'A')ll for freedom and for pleasure
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Tears for Fears? I didn't think you were that old Aaron :-)


And you would be very, very wrong...

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Wow that is old, I am only 41 years and 48 weeks :-)

As for Anecdotal ecidence, to get back on topic, to my way of thinking anecdotal usually means embelished and retold eyewitness accounts. The closer you are to the eye/ear witness as your source the more likely the statement is to be near reallity. A lot of times over educated gas bags use the term anecdotal as a way of dismissing something they don't want to beleive, but I certainly don't put you in that catagory so post all the anecdotes you can find and let us evaluate them for ourselves .
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby jdmartin » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 10:40:06

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And you would be very, very wrong...

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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby retiredguy » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 11:10:26

I'm so old I bought that album when it first came out. On vinyl. Still have it. Listened to it last week.
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby jdmartin » Fri 13 Feb 2009, 20:33:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('retiredguy', 'I')'m so old I bought that album when it first came out. On vinyl. Still have it. Listened to it last week.


<<<not quote that old (to buy it when it came out on vinyl!), but still have it on cassette. Never did upgrade to CD....something about that old hissing sound. :-D
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Re: Anecdotal Evidence Proves Nothing

Unread postby lowem » Mon 16 Feb 2009, 01:15:06

And I'd suppose that the proposed wirelessly-transmitted, fully-automatic electric metering system being trialed over here in Singapore is not going to help very much with the unemployment rate over at my side here, eh? :lol:

Goodness. 1600 applicants to 1 job. You'd have thought this was China or India or something. But accoding to Wikipedia, Tacoma is a "mid-sized urban port city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States". Hmph. I never did pick up US geography but as you can see Wikipedia is helping to fill some gaps :)
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