Sentences with phrase «anecdotal examples»

But they said anecdotal examples from around the country and growing concerns about childhood nutrition convinced them that they needed to promote a message that chocolate milk is healthy.

He then cited a few anecdotal examples, but no experimental results.

This is simply a great anecdotal example that weight loss really is a matter of calories in versus calories out.

This seems like an actual problem needing resolution; but one thing that bugs me is whether this is accurate, as it doesn't seem to match reality based on personal anecdotal examples.

These are just anecdotal examples, but clearly there's a cost to being exclusive to chain hotels.

Just a recent anecdotal example, a team of medical experts just told a friend they have a terminal brain disease.

So far, there is no evidence that at - risk children fare better on average in the alternative settings and an abundance of anecdotal examples in which they are clearly worse off.

The whitepaper — published and distributed today — will serve as essential reading as it includes anecdotal examples from some of the most successful companies in Los Angeles.

Clearest anecdotal example: 2008/2012.

The results of the study, which focused on metabolism, complement anecdotal examples and take an initial step toward quantifying exaptation's contribution, at least within this system, said researchers not involved in the work.

They summarize many of the uncertainties and cite anecdotal examples of localized aerosol variability.

For those reading who, while respecting anecdotal examples, are more keen on evidence - based data, I'd point you towards the renowned Gullet, et al study — A Biomechanical Comparison of Back and Front Squats in Healthy Training Individuals — which compared EMG activity between the two variations.

Practical strategies and anecdotal examples help you:

These questions in comparison to the number of studies conducted on climate change coverage — and the fierce debate over anecdotal examples of falsely balanced or dismissive assertions in the media — remain vastly under - examined.

In his best - selling book, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Dan Ariely relies on a number of well - regarded psychologists and economists, as well as numerous anecdotal examples, to support the proposition that:

@phoog - based on anecdotal example of sibling pairs I'm familiar with, chances that a sibling will be following the directions of another sibling are FAR FAR less than that of a similar - ideology supporter, on any issues, never mind political ones.

Although there are a few anecdotal examples of companies raising wages — Walmart and TJX being two of the more recent — wages are not responding as expected to the acceleration in job growth (although there are indications that overall compensation, including benefits, is rising much faster).

Now in true co-op fashion I'm going to turn it over to a partner hunter, Jason Love, who has a nice perspective on the co-operative experience through some great anecdotal examples.

People might know a few anecdotal examples of this, like the fact that Fred Smith was a Marine officer who observed the military logistics system before he founded FedEx.

These are anecdotal examples, but more and more of them are popping up every day.

If you want an anecdotal example, for most of the past 30 years I consumed 600 - 800 calories a day and still managed to keep gaining weight.

We will begin by exploring exactly what professional jealousy involves, and how every author experiences it on some level or another, and offer some anecdotal examples from our own experience.

It's based on accurate statistical analyses of recorded attacks and fatalities instead of emotion - based but factually - unsubstantiated opinions and anecdotal examples.

I do not believe some of the anecdotal examples always mentioned, of biased Romanian and Bulgarian courts or biased Mississippi courts in the US.

One can find both anecdotal examples and data fairly easily to support the «mismatch» theory, and you don't have to go to far - right fringe Web sites to get them.

The main flaw of his approach is that reaching firm policy conclusions requires more than polemic arguments and anecdotal examples; Read the rest of this entry...