Sentences with phrase «anecdotal reports say»

Anecdotal reports say that dogs may help owners who suffer from seizures by detecting the signs of imminent seizure activity.

It's not the Lady Birds who are seeing the movie, it's the moms of Lady Birds, and anecdotal reports say they're packing the place: women of the age and experience of Laurie Metcalf's not - central but not secondary character of the girl's mother.

Anecdotal reports say it has made racism and sexism more acceptable in public conversation.

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He said, «Other sites provide summaries on health conditions, or anecdotal experience, but Amino uses actual data and cost report forms to deliver a new era of transparency to the consumer.»

Later, he said that he had not read any of the reports that were published on the police departments — he only read summaries and dismissed them as anecdotal.

I promised that I would consider what they said during the following month, and conduct a little anecdotal research, then report back.

Czarny said the early turnout today appeared to be «moderate,» based on anecdotal reports.

Zucker said the health review involved 4,500 staff hours reviewing anecdotal reports and a stack of existing studies.

«There aren't any new data presented, but we have a wealth of anecdotal evidence» pointing to a shortage of domestic scientific talent, says Joseph Miller, Corning's chief technology officer and chair of the task force, which has held a series of open meetings to discuss a long - awaited report that it plans to present to the board next week.

«We even have anecdotal reports of surgery being transferred to private homes,» WHO's Noël says.

Previous studies have identified neurons that only fire up when an animal points its head in a certain direction — some for east, others for south, for example — but reports of neurons that respond to changes in an animal's speed are sparse and largely anecdotal, says Jeffrey Taube, a neuroscientist at Dartmouth College who was not involved in the work.

Because both drugs are approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration, physicians have tested the combination with patients, resulting in anecdotal reports of significantly improved pain management, Dr. White said.

«What concerns me is these anecdotal reports: «Dolly has arthritis, this other animal dropped dead,»» Lanza says.

«They may offer anecdotal reports, but there is no scientific data to show the program works,» says Baylor College of Medicine professor John Foreyt, PhD.

Smith said he received anecdotal reports that some families fled those districts to buy houses in the more affluent Petoskey district, taking advantage of plunging housing prices, and leaving lower - income families behind in rural districts.

Though anecdotal reports in California said teachers from disadvantaged schools fled when new positions opened up in other schools when class sizes were reduced, what the follow - up studies show is that after rising temporarily in all schools, teacher migration rates fell dramatically to much lower levels than before, most sharply in schools with large numbers of poor students.

While official say more data are needed, Ottawa is responding to extensive anecdotal evidence and media reports showing foreign investors are flipping homes in Canada and falsely claiming the primary residence exemption.

My concern — also mentioned in the said reports, is the lack of data, and the tendency to replace scientific inquiry with «guessing» based upon either anecdotal evidence, or, worse, «hunches.»

Such reports, he said, were «merely anecdotal accounts» that said «nothing substantial about the nanny state.»

«Everything we read — research, data and anecdotal reporting — suggests that the younger generations are not abandoning homeownership, but simply delaying it for a variety of reasons,» Peyton says.

Foltz says about 25 percent to 30 percent of the company's associates participate, and anecdotal reports show those associates» business is up 40 percent to 60 percent since starting the program.