Title: What is the role of anecdotal evidence in research of complex social systems?
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What is the role of anecdotal evidence in research of complex social systems?
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Content: Then the scientific method is used to test the hypothesis with as little bias as possible. Cite
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25th Jul, 2012
Claudia Viegas
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
If you look straightly to positivism, you will surely reject anectodal evidences. However, considering knowledge as transdisciplinary and addressed to paradigms breaking, anecdotal evidences can be taking in account as facts you collect to confront with assured theories. Cite
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25th Jul, 2012
Imelda Orozco Mares
University of Guadalajara
Anecdotal evidence can be the basis of hypotheses in a specific cultural context. Cite
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25th Jul, 2012
Nikita Zakharov
University of Freiburg
Anecdotal evidence makes a good hypothesis or an assumption, and it is not a good support for the theory. Perhaps, another function of it is an illustration of theoretical results, for example as a piece of complementary discussion. What might be important is an extent to which such evidence is reliable and widespread: if it is more of a rarity/exception it will be painful to employ it in your research. Cite
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Anecdotal evidence adds liveliness to the research . Besides being a living proof it is very useful in case study research
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25th Jul, 2012
John Edward Cook
5 Deep Limited
I use observation and anecdotal evidence but it has to be part of a methodology - I usually place mine in an Action Research (or action inquiry, learning, science etc) framework and use triangulation so I am using qualitative and quantitative data - you can then relate the anecdotal evidence or observations to this other data.