prompter: I'm trying to remember the word that researchers you to describe statements that are gut-feeling, as opposed to statements backed up with actual quantitative data.

assistant: You are likely referring to the term "intuition", which is used to describe statements or decisions that are based on a person's gut feeling or instinct, as opposed to being supported by factual evidence or data. Intuition is often seen as an important tool for researchers and scientists, as it can lead to new insights and discoveries.

assistant: One word that researchers use to describe statements that are "gut feeling" versus statements backed up with actual quantitative data could be "anecdotal". Anecdotal is something that is not necessarily true or reliable, because it is based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.

prompter: Please use "anecdotal" in a sentence, related to research.

assistant: In the absence of any system of routine inspection, such evidence is bound to be anecdotal.

prompter: Can you please provide a longer sentence using "anecdotal"? And be more descriptive on the topic of researching.

assistant: An example of "anecdotal" in a sentence could be : 
'The research describes the phenomena through anecdotal evidence than rigorous fact.'

prompter: Write a history in which the word "anecdotal" appears

assistant: Anecdotal evidence is evidence based only on personal observation, collected in a casual or non-systematic manner. The term is sometimes used in a legal context to describe certain kinds of testimony which are uncorroborated by objective, independent evidence such as notarized documentation, photographs, audio-visual recordings, etc.

When used in advertising or promotion of a product, service, or idea, anecdotal reports are often called a testimonial, which are highly regulated[1] in some jurisdictions.

When compared to other types of evidence, anecdotal evidence is generally regarded as limited in value due to a number of potential weaknesses, but may be considered within the scope of scientific method as some anecdotal evidence can be both empirical and verifiable, e.g. in the use of case studies in medicine. Other anecdotal evidence, however, does not qualify as scientific evidence, because its nature prevents it from being investigated by the scientific method. Where only one or a few anecdotes are presented, there is a larger chance that they may be unreliable due to cherry-picked or otherwise non-representative samples of typical cases.[2][3] Similarly, psychologists have found that due to cognitive bias people are more likely to remember notable or unusual examples rather than typical examples.[4] Thus, even when accurate, anecdotal evidence is not necessarily representative of a typical experience. Accurate determination of whether an anecdote is typical requires statistical evidence.[5] Misuse of anecdotal evidence in the form of argument from anecdote is an informal fallacy[6] and is sometimes referred to as the "person who" fallacy ("I know a person who..."; "I know of a case where..." etc.) which places undue weight on experiences of close peers which may not be typical.

In all forms of anecdotal evidence its reliability by objective independent assessment may be in doubt. This is a consequence of the informal way the information is gathered, documented, presented, or any combination of the three. The term is often used to describe evidence for which there is an absence of documentation, leaving verification dependent on the credibility of the party presenting the evidence.

prompter: Thanks for the reply, but i would prefer it to be used in a sentence, instead of receiving a full explanation of the word. So could you use the word "anecdotal" in a sentence?

assistant: It sounds like you may be looking for the term `anecdotal evidence`. Anecdotal evidence refers to evidence or statements that are based on personal observation or experience, rather than rigorous or scientific data collection and analysis. Researchers typically prefer data-driven evidence over anecdotal evidence.

prompter: No, that’s definitely not what I meant. Could you try again?