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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14th Jul, 2018
Fred Amonya
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Anecdotes play a semiotic role in case study: Article Policy Space as a Lagrangian Construct: Public-Private Partn...
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25th Jul, 2012
Elizabeth Kopras
University of Cincinnati
Anecdotes can lead to a hypothesis. Then the scientific method is used to test the hypothesis with as little bias as possible. Cite
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25th Jul, 2012
Elizabeth Kopras
University of Cincinnati
Anecdotes can lead to a hypothesis. 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.