Sentences with phrase «anecdotal evidence in»

Research relating stress to health has progressed from anecdotal evidence in the 1930s and 1940s to complex multivariate models that identify underlying longitudinal mechanisms.

But certainly anecdotal evidence in support of NPD's metric.

I can offer only anecdotal evidence in response to your suggestion that the idea that many district court judges feel that the Guidelines are too harsh is «silly,» but the district court judge for whom I clerk definitely feels that way and has imposed many below - Guidelines sentences since Booker (relatively few of which have been appealed by the government).

Before that we have Mannian third - order proxies and anecdotal evidence in the form of paintings, written descriptions and the like.

NCSECS recognizes the tendency to rely on anecdotal evidence in the conversation about special education in charter schools and seeks to address this issue by conducting select qualitative and quantitative research.

As someone familiar with many social practices of Web 2.0, Ed Cator seemed to recognize the value and place of «wild thinking, creating one's own definitions and rules... being «naughty»... and constructing knowledge» with other teachers across time and space; however, this study, coupled with published and anecdotal evidence in teacher education, suggests that many preservice teachers, practicing teachers, and even doctoral students in teacher education have had limited opportunities for professional collaboration or serious epistemic roles in education — especially in school - based professional development and university - based teacher education.

So, there's a lot of anecdotal evidence in that our teachers now are really confident in being able to identify the student's next point of learning, their confidence in the content has improved, [and] the student perceptions around learning maths is more positive.

But is this really true or is it just another fallacy based on anecdotal evidence in the health community which seems possessed by the word «whole grain»?

I can offer anecdotal evidence in support of that claim.

Not exact matches

For a look at the variety in edibles and anecdotal evidence of its growth, an instructive stop is Wana Brands.

Anecdotal evidence also paints a rosy picture: Witness the rise of Bulletproof Coffee — that is, butter in your morning java — which has garnered international attention and support from celebrity investors such as Tim Ferriss.

Given the low unemployment rate, anecdotal evidence from a variety of companies, and alternative measures such as the Atlanta Fed wage tracker showing stronger growth, wage growth may not be back at precrisis levels, but the trend over the past year shows wages are certainly headed in the right direction.

Steeped in ample anecdotal evidence, those programs are beginning to track numbers to back the influx.

Increasing exposure to larger deals (there is considerable evidence, anecdotal and otherwise, that lenders are seeking to raise their hold limits on syndicated deals) will create an uncomfortable dynamic in which the failure of some deals will be too painful to contemplate, suggesting drawn - out turnarounds as an approach to increase enterprise value and bailout lenders unable to take severe haircuts on large exposures.

The rationale for the program relies on pockets of acute labour shortages, for which there is anecdotal evidence, but little in the way of analysis.

My evidence here is purely anecdotal, but I suspect that people generally value being handed the opportunity to engage in small, reasonably pain - free acts of kindness or generosity.

Though there has never been hard data on the presence of wealthy Asian investors, enough anecdotal evidence exists to suggest they have played at least some role in the multimillion - dollar home segment.

But here at Inc. we've already assured them that you can be taken seriously as a bright young thing as an entrepreneur — in fact, research and anecdotal evidence suggests youth can actually work to your advantage.

Based on anecdotal evidence I've collected after working in the digital - marketing space for 15 years, I'm confident saying that the vast majority of those hiring an SEO firm end up being disappointed.

This study, plus an earlier on in Israel, bolsters anecdotal evidence that in states where marijuana is legal, opioid overdoses decline.

In addition to perusing the market research, you want to hit the pavement to gather anecdotal evidence of an industry's well being and future from trade associations.

Anecdotal evidence from Britain, China and Australia suggests Apple Pay is popular with core Apple followers, but the quality of service, and interest in it, varies significantly.

But the best anecdotal evidence suggests that this kind of thing isn't happening in nearly the proportions you might expect.

While it's hard to measure with data because we typically have a long sales cycle (several months to years before closing a client), we know from a lot of anecdotal evidence that our videos have played a significant role in keeping Stone Temple top - of - mind along the customer journey.

Alan Greenspan was importantly right when he ignored models and maintained easy policy in the mid 1990s because of other more anecdotal evidence that convinced him that productivity growth had accelerated.

That aligns with anecdotal evidence gathered by Association staff members, who often have heard ESOP executives speak of involving employee owners in understanding the business and in managing expenses.

Anecdotal evidence suggested that stronger export sales were the key driver of the overall upturn in new work.

That Chinese bankers might be doing so is confirmed by both anecdotal and official evidence indicating faster - than - expected credit growth in categories that fall outside widely watched measures like TSF.

Anecdotal evidence attributed the rise in new orders to recent product launches and greater client demand, linked to increased marketing.

«Since the province doesn't monitor the use of foreign workers, we only have anecdotal evidence to go on, but we need to know if there is still widespread use of the program in the construction industry,» said Horgan.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that investor interest in new apartments has been waning for some time, and some apartment developers report difficulties in meeting required pre-sales and face escalating construction costs, particularly in Melbourne.

Anecdotal evidence pointed to subdued underlying client spending and an ongoing decline in sales to energy sector clients.

There is anecdotal evidence from former LifeLock CEO Todd Davis, who famously gave out his Social Security number to show his confidence in his company's services.

Based entirely on anecdotal evidence, however, I believe the press» credibility with senior citizens has taken a hit from which it is unlikely to recover, and it may be entirely due to the election of 2008, when the mainstream media utterly abandoned whatever responsibilities to the public trust to which it still felt obliged, tossed presumptive - nominee Hillary Clinton aside and» rejecting any - and - all discomfiting questions about his experience, background, past - operations, education, friendships or capabilities» hoisted candidate Barack Obama upon their shoulders and carried him into the White House in triumph.

I find it very telling when people who believe in things for which they only have anecdotal evidence call people who demand proof «closed minded».

In addition to numbers, the book is replete with anecdotal evidence for this stigma, including tales of departmental heads urging women professors outright not to have children.

And, actually, research supports this, as well as plenty of anecdotal evidence that the evangelical church is not, in terms of quality of vibrancy, on the decline.

Go look up for yourselves secular studies on how much an average (this means typical, as opposed to your very ILLOGICAL use of anecdotal evidence to draw conclusions or simply spouting the same thing you read in a combox somewhere) Christian gives of his own time and treasure to charitable causes versus an average atheist.

He has eloquently presented this claim in various forums, but thus far his evidence has been anecdotal and somewhat impressionistic.

Although chile powder is notorious for causing sneezing and coughing among those who inhale it, there is anecdotal evidence of the use of Capsicums in breathing and lung problems.

«Partial data and anecdotal evidence suggest that import - buying from China and Russia has dropped off substantially since the opening 3 to 4 months of the year,» said the bank in its quarterly dairy market update.

The anecdotal evidence of the success in stopping, and even reversing, Alzheimer's in some people using coconut oil, however, is so remarkable, that it is foolish to discount what this simple dietary oil can do.

Anecdotal evidence has suggested there is a large disconnect in many Australian F&A industries between producers and processors, limiting the adaptability and mutual benefit which comes from collaboration and cohesive action.

However, anecdotal evidence continues to indicate that there are fewer ulcers in populations that consume high amounts of chiles.

Picking which surprise contenders are real reminds me of picking out which hitters are legitimately better in clutch situations: They exist, but you can't tell with the naked eye and anecdotal evidence.

There is not a shred of anecdotal evidence that his involvement in the BALCO case has weighed on Bonds.

The evidence in favor of bicycle helmets in general is mainly anecdotal, and there have been cases of children being strangled by the straps (when the straps are adjusted properly, a bike helmet is usually uncomfortable, especially for a child).

Not surprisingly, the media feeding frenzy has resulted, anecdotal evidence suggests, in a sharp drop in youth football registrations for this fall's season, with parents fearful that playing football will almost inevitably expose their kid to an unreasonable risk of injury (which, of course, is patently untrue; more than 7 million kids in the U.S. currently play football, very few of whom, statistically speaking and despite a few well - publicized cases - are likely to end up committing suicide because of the hits they sustained playing the sport, and millions upon countless millions who have played football over the past century without apparent ill effect).

What continues to be lost, in my view, in much of what the media has reported over the last six years about the results of autopsies conducted by researchers at the Sports Legacy Institute in Boston on the brains of athletes - autopsies which show the presence of the dark splotches of tau protein which are the tell - tale sign of CTE - which is that they provide, at most, anecdotal evidence suggesting a possible connection.

In my literature search, I could not find any evidence that was not anecdotal, and I could not find any recommendations of dosage, formulation and frequency.