Klarinet Archive - Posting 000129.txt from 2004/01

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] 5rv tone color
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 16:22:42 -0500

Dan=A0Leeson wrote:

> anecdotal information about how a person
> sounds under this or that circumstance does
> not constitute hard evidence. It may be a
> starting point for serious analysis

I'll wager the proverbial pizza (if every pizza debt were actually paid
off, we wouldn't need to worry about the state of our economy) that we
cannot agree on a definition of "anecdotal".

Probably one subjective reaction is an anecdote, but how about 25
similar subjective reactions? Would 25 similar reactions rise to the
level of "hard evidence"? Does "anecdote" mean a statement that is not
based on physical measurement (spectrum analysis, etc)? Or does it
mean "not enough similar opinions".... or perhaps does "anecdote" mean
"many similar opinions from people whose opinions shouldn't count in the
first place"?

Example: if I accomplished one spectral analysis that contradicted the
opinions of 15 world-class performers, who would be correct? Would the
one spectral graph become the exception that proves the more widely
accepted subjective rule, and therefore the graph becomes an "anecdote"
even though it is the only numerical statement?

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