Zack takes 500 mg of vitamin C daily. He advises his friends to take vitamin C supplements because, he claims, the vitamin protects him from cold viruses. His claim about the usefulness of the vitamin is an ________.

A. in vitro assumption
B. anecdote
C. introspection
D. in vivo report


Answer: B

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