Sentences with phrase «anecdotal testing»

In anecdotal testing, when we set the fans to stealth mode in the Aorus Command and Control utility, the fans were mostly silent, but frame rates in Valley dropped to the 45 fps range in Ultra quality.

In anecdotal testing, the device lasted an entire workday and into the evening with wireless enabled and half brightness, though we took several breaks where we let the tablet go to sleep.

Anecdotal tests of the program provided by Facebook show promise, with Chicago car dealership Castle Auto Group seeing a 24X return on their ad spend through a combination of Facebook offers targeted to Custom Audiences of their existing customers.

Not exact matches

While evidence is anecdotal, some employers seem set to continue drug testing all applicants and taking a hard line on use of opioids, methamphetamine, and cocaine.

Sorry, but anything trying to test the untestable with anecdotal «evidence» is posturing.

Their interest piqued, Brinig and Garnett, fellows of Notre Dame's Institute for Educational Initiatives, decided to test that anecdotal evidence of Catholic schools» neighborhood impact empirically.

While only a limited number of helmets were retrofitted with the Shockbox sensor, the anecdotal evidence we gained from our admittedly unscientific beta test were very encouraging:

Many people believe part of the low test score issue is that kids can't learn if they aren't there and anecdotal evidence is reporting massive truancy.

The main goal of the project was to test a longstanding idea in evolutionary biology that has anecdotal support but which had never been rigorously evaluated, Rabosky said.

Anecdotal reports about seeing the captain at a bar prior to leaving port, confirmed by a blood test revealing alcohol in his body hours after the accident, also spoke to the lack of staff oversight at the time by Exxon and other oil companies with supertankers on the high seas.

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.

«A single test before and after will be too anecdotal.»

Because both drugs are approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration, physicians have tested the combination with patients, resulting in anecdotal reports of significantly improved pain management, Dr. White said.

There are anecdotal home tests that many people use to tell the quality of oil.

Knowing all of this, I had to test out my theory (with a very scientific, purely anecdotal study group of myself).

This species has a history of use in traditional Chinese medicine and although there have been anecdotal reports of benefits, there have been no clinical controlled studies to test the efficacy of this herb (herb, here referring to a general term that may be either a plant, root, mold, and in this case, a parasite.)

One healing diet, the WAHLS Protocol, adds so many phytonutrients (along with other foods) that the diet is currently in test for MS management, and the creator, Dr. Wahl reported last year that it has been anecdotal successfully extended for many other health conditions including:

After receiving anecdotal reports that nurses who used the peanut balls with expectant mothers had positive results, Tussey decided to test the idea.

Saul relies on anecdotal evidence from the only state whose STC program lacks means - testing (Georgia) to give the impression that STC programs do not truly benefit the needy.

Anecdotal evidence abounds as to how schools tackle NAPLAN - they teach to the test of course and have been doing so for some time.

«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.

Parents at forums shared anecdotal evidence of teaching to the test, less - creative teaching methods, and narrowing of instruction.

«There were various anecdotal reasons why students refused the test, ranging from test anxiety to concerns about this specific standardized assessment,» she said.

The icing on the anecdotal cake came in the summer of 2003 with news that a Massachusetts superintendent of education, Wilfredo Laboy, had failed - for the third year in a row - a literacy test that the state's high school seniors needed to pass in order to graduate.

On the less anecdotal side, here in DC the first year of our IMPACT system that is born out of this ideology found that teachers with more affluent students saw more growth in their students test scores.

Findings demonstrated positive content learning outcomes as measured by objective tests, rubrics, and anecdotal evidence.

Results from objective tests Results from rubric assessment Anecdotal results — samples of student work, teacher observation journals, student surveys, parent comments

Anecdotal evidence from physicians, psychologists and school nurses also reveals a spike in headaches, phobias, and other anxiety - related ailments, along with an increase in the use of anxiety medication during state testing periods.

Despite a wealth of anecdotal reports of its use, no research could be identified that specifically tested this particular format.

New survey data suggest these impressions about over-testing and test prep are more than just anecdotal: They are the norm for the majority of public school teachers.

Teachers keep data binders with charts about each student's strengths and weaknesses, test results, anecdotal notes, reading logs, lesson plans, and other documentation.

While the state did not disclose any details to help define with what types of «significant flaws» the state was dealing, anecdotal evidence suggests there may be rating errors across similar tests and scoring errors whereby teachers who score consistently across subject areas are scoring below par in their overall categorization / ranking.

The Kindle Fire lasted 7 hours and 34 minutes on our test and we imagine the Nook would have matched, if not exceeded, that runtime based on our anecdotal use.

We have thus far been unable to run our standard battery test on the the Nook Tablet, but in anecdotal use, it lasted all day with Wi - Fi on.

Not saying one way or the other about the treats... only testing will tell and maybe a necropsy or two along with the anecdotal info.

The next test would be the most anecdotal, but possibly the largest improvement — moving from a gorgeous 1080p Panasonic plasma TV to a eye - popping 4K Samsung QLED.

«But the lead author of the study... says that he is not convinced that it is just the changing climate... «It could be partly due to this chaotic rainfall, but personally I don't think it can explain such a dramatic decline in mosquitoes, to the extent we can say that the malaria mosquitoes are almost eradicated in these communities... «What we should consider is that there may be a disease among the mosquitoes, a fungi or a virus, or they're may have been some environmental changes in the communities that have resulted in a drop in the number of mosquitoes»... The research team also found anecdotal evidence that their discovery was not an isolated case... «Other scientists are saying they can't test their drugs because there are no children left with malaria.»»

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.

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