Sentences with phrase «anecdotal observations»

Of course, those are largely anecdotal observations, but I'm far from the only one who feels this way.

But a couple of anecdotal observations seem in order.

More vague anecdotal observations and opinions posing as scientific evidence.

The difficulty with many of the recent anecdotal observations as well as the larger studies is that distributions of plants, and especially animals, can be hard to map.

«Previous to using edTech apps, my assessment of skill gaps in student learning was, at best, approximate and anecdotal; that is, I estimated these gaps based on anecdotal observations from class discussion and student evaluations such as unit tests,» said Kevin Neal, a social studies teacher at Valley High School in the West Des Moines school district in Iowa, USA.

Anecdotal observations of patients dating back to the 1700s had already provided a curious clue that pointed to the immune system as a possible player in the body's fight to ward off cancer.

Potential responses of these species are often inferred from laboratory measurements or from anecdotal observations in uncontrolled contexts, each of which has significant limitations in predicting responses in these common species for realistic sonar exposures.

It's not just anecdotal observation.

The findings, which contradict anecdotal observations and earlier scientific studies, appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

There are two primary ways to get involved: 1) Sign - Up to monitor a patch of milkweed weekly, or 2) Submit occasional Anecdotal Observations.

You are merely stringing together largely unassociated anecdotal observations.

It would not be ethical to intentionally create stressful situations for the animals as a test, she notes — which is why, until now, researchers have had to rely on well - documented but anecdotal observations of wild and captive elephants to back up claims that they reassure each other.

Aside from our own anecdotal observations (for example, many of us working in the legal industry know recent lawyers who didn't graduate from a top - 50 law school and still found good jobs), is there a credible case to be made that law school is still a good economic choice for college graduates?

Evidence for the presence of the Asian tiger mosquito prior to eradication efforts included surveys of insects with black - light traps and anecdotal observations from bitten researchers.

To test the anecdotal observation that creativity and moderate amounts of alcohol often go together, Jarosz's team split a group of 40 male study participants into two groups, one of which abstained from alcohol and one of which drank a quantity of vodka with the equivalent alcohol of two pints of beer.

These are anecdotal observations, but the chart below confirms that Millennials aren't too enamored with equities.

Here are some observations from a Catholic young woman whose life «sucks» in the midst of prosperity: In my experience (I readily grant all of the problems with drawing inferences from individual and anecdotal observation), highly eligible men in my social set delay marriage for no good....

That's consistent with my anecdotal observations in recent months, as there's little evidence of any great support for Pataki among New York Republicans.

Brooklyn Councilman Vincent Gentile, casting a ballot for himself in today's congressional special election against Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, said his anecdotal observations led him to believe more residents would come out to the polls than projected — though he did not anticipate that would award him a large margin of victory.

A new study claims to offer mathematical backing for an anecdotal observation of historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson, who observed that decision making breaks down in committees of 20 or more people.

While Pau d'arco has been used as a medicine for centuries as one of the best natural antibiotics to counteract fungal overgrowth, science is also validating these anecdotal observations.

It's hard to find data, but just from anecdotal observation the typical self - published digital book does not go through Bowker.

Because of our life experience & anecdotal observations.

But in this case, I'd say your anecdotal observation is correct: All else equal, announcements of layoffs tend to drive stock prices upwards.

Hopefully, as case is made for the potential value of diversification and long - term investment horizons in an attempt to overcome short - term swings and anecdotal observations.

These are anecdotal observations, but the chart below confirms that Millennials aren't too enamored with equities.

They add these anecdotal observations:

how does that differ to an anecdotal observation?

Based on historical and anecdotal observations, Wang believes that the variation may be caused by a double recessive gene.

However, my anecdotal observation has been that I haven't noticed any battery life problems with the app running and location turned on.

Anecdotal observations on my part appear to confirm that incivility is generally a greater concern or issue with those lawyers who are not actively involved in the bar or in legal organizations.

A Geekbench test of processor performance seemed to bear out those anecdotal observations.

To put those anecdotal observations into cold hard numbers, experts estimate that the total spent on digital marketing and advertising efforts will total $ 118 billion by 2021.

Also, your anecdotal observations are correct — humility is one of the 3 least common endorsed character strengths consistently around the world.