Anecdotal information refers to stories or accounts shared by people based on their personal experiences. It is not based on facts or evidence but can give someone an idea about something. It is generally considered less reliable compared to information supported by research or data.
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While organizers might later label the event a success after it is over, such success is frequently measured based only
on anecdotal information rather than empirical evidence.
There is very little scientific research on the water kefir health research, but there is a lot
of anecdotal information.
While precise figures are difficult to obtain,
anecdotal information suggests that about 70 % of home visiting funds come from states, local communities, and the private and philanthropic sectors.
The team may also
use anecdotal information and progress data from the student's classroom teachers to further describe their skills.
With the data available today, teachers will now have the ability to understand both quantitative measures, including ongoing locally - defined student growth measures, and qualitative measures,
including anecdotal information.
While it's true that there is significant discretion in matrimonial law and litigants get a variety of results, it's useful to
take anecdotal information with a grain of salt.
Last and not the least, relative to their clients and based
on anecdotal information, law firms tend to have weaker security protection on their networks and systems.
This problem is not going to go away as people on both sides of the issue, plus the media, love to
use anecdotal information to «prove» their point.
I'm trying to
gather anecdotal information as to whether the SCC decision in Resurfice v Hanke, 2007 SCC 7 and the «material contribution» doctrine mentioned in the case are helping plaintiffs get before - trial settlements — by using the Resurfice «material contribution» notion to get them past difficulties in proving factual causation using the «but - for» test — which are settlements that they might not have been able to get before Resurfice.
There was
Little anecdotal information in the article about Charles dickens as each year of his life was juxtaposed to actual instrumental temperature readings.
These studies and
other anecdotal information about the movement to eat gluten - free have pediatric doctors and nutritionists concerned about the diets» reach.
After the first ten minutes, however, Green finds a groove and manages to provide some
interesting anecdotal information about the birth of some of his more twisted gadgets and inventions.
With the extensive personal experience by those who find homes for these dogs as well as the adopters themselves,
much anecdotal information has arisen and spread by word of mouth and in some written formats.
The Richmond Fed
contributes anecdotal information to the Beige Book, which provides an overview of current economic conditions within each Federal Reserve District.
Medical research and
anecdotal information places Active UMF ® (MGO ™) Manuka Honey as a prominent product used against any stomach related affections.
I'd
seen anecdotal information online that the time of day that vitamin D is taken can make a difference, particularly if you're taking a higher dose, so I did some experimenting.
For instance, to study the effect of teacher practice on student engagement, we read articles on the subject and session leaders gave
teachers anecdotal information about students» responses to the question of how and when they felt engaged in class.
The evaluation also included (a) the doctor's follow - up report, which continued restrictions from contact sports but cleared J.P. for schoolwork; (b) the report card data and
structured anecdotal information from his teachers and the school nurse, which generally did not approach clinical significance; and (c) two pairs of classroom observations, which she and the school counselor separately conducted.
Anecdotal information such as the facts listedon this flyer for high school parentsor listed below can be promoted in schools and throughout the community:
And though she does not have data on cannibalization, she
said anecdotal information suggests «digital sales tend to stimulate print sales and vice versa.»
These data and
anecdotal information reported by shelters affected by H3N2 virus suggest that, to reduce the risk of transmission of H3N2 virus, infected dogs should be isolated from uninfected, unexposed dogs for a period of (greater than or equal to) 21 days following onset of illness.
Prior to the mid-1990s, the understanding of forest change in the Congo Basin, which remains for the most part a notoriously difficult region for researchers to access, was largely based on patchy and
anecdotal information without spatially explicit delineation on forests or statistically robust estimates of forest cover change.
Ron builds on his analysis to argue there is a disconnect
between anecdotal information that alternative services providers (aka NewLaw firms or law companies) are growing and taking share from BigLaw and the published data.