Question

    You wish to predict who will win the next Presidential election. You will need data to provide the basis of the prediction. Which of the following is an example of anecdotal data?
   
A. None of the answers is correct.
B. You use the Internet to look up the results of the most recent Quinnipiac University Poll on the subject.
C.You happen to be on an elevator with men in suits whose conversation leads you to believe they are very knowledgeable about politics. They say that candidate A is a “shoe-in.”
D.You stand outside a large shopping mall on a Saturday afternoon and ask every fifth shopper as he/she exits the mall who they intend to vote for.

Answer 1

Anecdotal data is here say that is gathered from someone else account, here, when we are hearing the conversation between two people who I believed are very knowledgeable in politics and what they said is an anecdotal data.

The answer is "C".