Sentences with phrase «anecdotal evidence makes»

This anecdotal evidence makes me wonder about a few things: — Why has word about parttime law programs not made its way to the law librarian community?

There aren't any published estimates yet of the prevalence of the allergy, but anecdotal evidence makes it clear that there are a whole lot of us missing out on our barbecue.

Not exact matches

Anecdotal evidence of self - made millionaires who never went to college should be enough to prove that you don't need a fancy or expensive program to learn important skills.

Notwithstanding the efforts made after 9 - 11 through the Smart Border Accord, the evidence, both anecdotal and documented, points to a thickening border.

You have anecdotal evidence (dozens) but are making the assertion that the vast majority of the millions leaving are doing so for the reasons you claim.

What evidence do you have other than something anecdotal or rhetorical to show that this is prevalent and the pretext not a lie to make women feel afraid of the bogeyman so to speak?

Using my anecdotal evidence to prove that formula feeders earn less makes just about as much sense as whatever it is she's trying to prove here.

While there is anecdotal evidence that the drugs appear to help some women make more milk, a 2011 report released by the American Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine found no conclusive evidence of «correlation between baseline prolactin levels and rates or milk synthesis or measured volumes of milk production.»

Anecdotal evidence suggests that breastfeeding may make it easier for a woman to lose weight after she gives birth, too.

Make sure that they are offering advice based on the latest research and not just anecdotal evidence or there own personal feelings, though.

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence out there making the rounds.

Are there any numbers to show that people who read newspapers actually do vote in elections or does this just make the «usual trend - piece anecdotal evidence» a wee bit subtler?

All the home secretary could come up with for the Joint Committee was 16 pages of anecdotal evidence, much of which actually made the case for targeted — not bulk — surveillance.

Anecdotal evidence — unverified stories — prior to the 1970s described a zebra migration from the Okavango Delta to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans at the start of the rainy season in September and continuing through April, but from 1968 to 2004, veterinary fences prevented zebras from making the migration.

Some anecdotal and clinical evidence suggests that laughing makes you healthier by suppressing stress hormones and elevating immune - system antibodies.

«But there is anecdotal evidence that we're seeing lightning strikes in places where people are not expecting it, which makes it more deadly.»

The document has been distributed at various MIT events, and Brozek has anecdotal evidence that it has made an impact.

Bring up the relationship between iodine and thyroid disorders, and people inevitably put the gloves on and get scrappy — not just an intellectual back and forth banter, supported by exchange of peer - reviewed scientific studies and empirically validated literature — but a throw - down, knock - out fight, where claims are made on the basis of anecdotal evidence based on what so - and - so blogger said, without a single primary or secondary source citation.

Make good guesses based on clinical, anecdotal, even anthropologic evidence.

It makes people on the trenches like myself, it makes our job a lot easier when I can refer a high quality podcast like yours and it's nice that's evidence - based, you provide references in a world today that's a lot of it is just anecdotal.

I want to make a point here that the anecdotal evidence for the benefits of castor oil is quite profound and should not be dismissed.

However, save for anecdotal evidence, we know very little about whether and how state education policy makers take their voices into account — or any other voices, for that matter — when making policy decisions related to teacher evaluation and tenure.

«Twenty years ago, before this body of evidence existed, there was some excuse for making policy based on speculation, anecdotal observation, and intuition.

This view is «validated» mainly by anecdotal evidence of poor choices made as part of poorly designed voucher programs.

An increasing number of high schools across the country are making the shift, some of which have experienced the added benefits of reduced automobile accidents among teen drivers, anecdotal evidence suggests.

Anecdotal evidence (such as it is) indicates that, as you'd expect, removing deposits increases coolant flow, making the engine run cooler at lower RPMs.

Indeed their is anecdotal evidence that authors are making more self - publishing their out of print works than when they were still «in print».

Brian O'Leary at Magellan Media Partners spends a lot of time trying to put actual data to this question, and trying to convince publishers not to make a DRM call based on anecdotal evidence.

I can share personal experience that makes me think it's true, and there is plenty of anecdotal evidence, but I'm hoping for something more concrete either way - I'm not trying to justify a position, but earnestly looking for the right answer.

There is significant anecdotal evidence that small businesses can benefit from collecting consumer data and using it to make smart decisions that grow revenue.

In fact, all anecdotal evidence points to the opposite and makes them less healthy since so many dogs get fat on grain free pet food.

In the meantime, I only have my own anecdotal, as well as my friend's and family's anecdotal evidence upon which to make my decisions.

There was a good point made about anecdotal evidence and thus fully describes Elery's wholly ignorant post about a record snowfall.

Dissenting opinions put in print, and signed for, may make them better considered and supported by their own research evidence rather than just looking like anecdotal opinion pieces because now they put their reputations on the line if they say anything wrong.

What makes the kind of evidence you use anecdotal is — the relatively small number of datasets considered — the significant share of not fully quantitative data — the large variability in the nature of the data — the large biases involved in the preservation of the data.

There is also some anecdotal evidence suggesting that some peer reviewers and editors have been actively trying to prevent critics of man - made global warming theory from publishing their research, e.g., here, here, here, here and here.

Anecdotal evidence and a survey undertaken by the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) show that insurers and insurance lawyers are fully aware of the risks of costs sanctions for failure to mediate or other ADR, but consider that it has drawbacks compared to a joint settlement meeting, such as expense, and may even hamper settlement as parties are reluctant to make offers before a mediation.

Justice Stratas noted that there was anecdotal evidence that tribunal members were no longer making oral decisions because of judicial review decisions on sufficiency of reasons.

Despite the estimation that the new policy will come into effect in June, anecdotal evidence suggests that Google may already be making efforts to prevent crypto ads from being served.

Generally too, there is little empirical information available on people's post-release experiences and what is available has been garnered from anecdotal evidence or assumptions made from the available data on recidivism.

This is often a self - proclaimed expert with some limited credentials, who has made it his / her mission to create relationship advice, often based purely on personal experience or anecdotal evidence.

Although the Arizona Republic rated the claim as «mostly false» when Martha McSally made it in 2015 — noting that evidence was mostly anecdotal — the idea that large events like the Gem Show lead to a spike in sex trafficking has remained a popular talking point.

So, the lesson, as I am sure you will agree, is to avoid making decisions based on anecdotal evidence.