http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-the-fox-knows/ - search for "plural of anecdote"
Yup, so much for "stuff you read on the Internet" being the basis of rigorous, insightful analysis. Sturgeon's Law applies.
To me multiple anecdotes signify a small uncontrolled, non random sample set, that you really shouldn't use to draw conclusions.
