In his New York Times review of Carr’s “The Shallows,” Jonah Lehrer wrote that Carr’s “anecdotal observations” disregard that “the preponderance of scientific evidence suggests that ...

Last week’s Beige Book noted the effects of poor growing conditions and stricter loan practices, among other things.

Businesses across the economy are passing increased input costs from tariffs along to consumers in the form of higher prices, ...

In his latest work, Simon Winchester devotes his anecdotal powers to why, how and how often we know what we do. By Peter Sagal KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient ...

Wendy Cope's last book, 2011's Family Values, quoted a critic on the cover: "Without the heart the jokes would not be so good."Sadly, Anecdotal Evidence shows the reverse is also true. In the most ...

The problem is that anecdotal evidence often seems much more compelling than dry statistics. Man seems to have a tendency to impart information in the form of a story.

BOOK ROW: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade Marvin Mondlin, Roy Meador, . . Carroll & Graf, $28 (400pp) ISBN 978-0-7867-1305-9 ...