Sentences with phrase «anecdotal observations as»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

«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.

Evaluating student performance through techniques such as observation and anecdotal records.

A main finding that emerges from the survey is that K - 3 teachers use observations, anecdotal evidence, informal inventories, and work samples as their main sources of evidence about children's reading achievement and progress.

Focusing on both principal performance standards and research - based, high - yield strategies, Dr. Jan Rozelle (2012) and her colleagues developed several teacher observation and feedback tools to give principals the opportunity to assess the variety of research - based teacher behaviors exhibited during an observation, as well as make anecdotal comments.

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.

More vague anecdotal observations and opinions posing as scientific evidence.

Isn't it about time that historical climatology and science - that currently likes to discount observations as «anecdotal» but cheerfully uses other proxies - cooperated more closely so we can gain a more reliable climatic picture of the last 1000 - 2000 years?

There are so few data observation points anyway, that water level data is surely as anecdotal as when I make references to actual historical events demonstrating sea levels over extended periods in mans recent history?