What is an important limitation of anecdotal evidence in developing scientifically sound treatments or procedures?

A) Anecdotes cannot help to establish cause-effect relationships.
Correct. Anecdotes can describe an individual event, but they do not describe how one variable may cause changes in another variable.
B) Anecdotes effectively address the issue of representativeness of the cases.
Incorrect. Anecdotes are based on one individual's experience and do not describe other cases or situations.
C) Anecdotes are extremely too easy for others to falsify.
D) Anecdotes are generalizable to the population from which the individual giving the anecdote came.

Answer: A

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