The plural of anecdote is not data (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} q_through_t) wrote,@ 2006-01-23 17:16:00 |
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arches of waffle
"Fortunately, in these times when the amount being published is increasing rapidly, it is rarely necessary to consult everything that has been published on the topic of one's interest. Usually much proves to be irrelevant or repetitive. Some publications (including in that term websites and e-journals) prove to be sadly lacking in important detail and present broad generalizations flimsily bridged with arches of waffle."
-- Michael W. Hill, Ia C. McIlwaine, series editors,
"Information sources in engineering". 4th ed. Roderick MacLeod and Jim Corlett, eds. Saur: 2005.
"Fortunately, in these times when the amount being published is increasing rapidly, it is rarely necessary to consult everything that has been published on the topic of one's interest. Usually much proves to be irrelevant or repetitive. Some publications (including in that term websites and e-journals) prove to be sadly lacking in important detail and present broad generalizations flimsily bridged with arches of waffle."
-- Michael W. Hill, Ia C. McIlwaine, series editors,
"Information sources in engineering". 4th ed. Roderick MacLeod and Jim Corlett, eds. Saur: 2005.
