Title text:
The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3262/
Sorry, what I said was an exaggeration, but yeah keeping track of shots on goal, passes, etc are just basic parts of the game. Essentially the same as keeping score. Americans don’t do that. They literally keep track of exactly stuff like the xkcd shows. It’s not even an exaggeration.