Sentences with phrase «claims about their effectiveness»

(At this point, it's also worth noting that Facebook's claims about the effectiveness of Free Basics as a development tool in India are highly debatable — the vast majority of those who took up the offer were existing Internet users who wanted some free data, and it seems a very small number of genuinely new users actually graduated to the world of paid - for Internet access.

Democratic Sen. Carl Levin is challenging former Vice President Cheney's recent claims about the effectiveness of the Bush administration's use of harsh interrorgation techniques.

Then, most of the popular supplements on the market today come either with exaggerated claims about their effectiveness or they're literally useless.

Van Es & Sherin (2002) referred to this phase as developing an argument and noted the importance of providing evidence to support claims about the effectiveness of an event.

Growth modeling refers to analytical methods used to make evaluative claims about the effectiveness of teachers or schools through aggregation and statistical modeling of student achievement data obtained at multiple points in time.

You will notice if you look at the websites of companies which sell masks that they rarely make any quantified claims about effectiveness, and some never explicitly claim to protect you against pollution at all.

Child Welfare Information Gateway and the Children's Bureau do not endorse individual practices or programs or make any claims about the effectiveness of the approaches described.

Not exact matches

They documented that the persistently high rates of emergency transport undermines patient safety and satisfaction, the raison d'etre of planned home birth, and that a comprehensive analysis undermines claims about the cost - effectiveness of planned home birth.

«While the evidence of the effectiveness of brain training remains controversial, our results suggest that the public is interested in learning more about the actual science behind the claims made by the app developers, «says Dr. John Torous, a clinical psychiatrist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, lead author of the study.

«But these are still very early days, and we have much more to learn about the safety and effectiveness of this new treatment before we can claim success.»

One suit alleges that GNC knew that their products contained ingredients that had been banned by the FDA and another claims that GNC made false and unprovable claims about their products effectiveness and safety.

making claims about super hi - rep effectiveness..

Scientific studies have been inclusive about its effectiveness in direct consumption, and its claimed benefits are yet to be fully corroborated.

A big part of that is being very skeptical of any claims about scientific proof of effectiveness.

So why would an education administration that claims to care only about the interests of kids decide to use a reading program, Month - by - Month Phonics, that does not meet the standard for effectiveness established by a broad consensus of scientists?

And they also noted that any causal claim about the relative effectiveness of test prep would require some effort to address the endogeneity of which teachers engage in more test prep.

Nor did studies on the topic «support any specific claims about the nature of professional development that affects teachers» effectiveness.»

There are many links in the chain of inference that can carry us from those few days in April to claims about the health of our school system or the effectiveness of our teachers.

When treating osteoarthritis many claims have been made about the effectiveness of dietary supplements, such as glucosamine and chondroitin, as an alternative to drugs and steroids.

«Even with extensive testing and positive results on the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of a health supplement, many times, manufacturers are prevented from labeling products with specifics or positive claims about how well the product has performed,» says Thomas.

What's The Hydroxycut Settlement About The lawsuit claims that defendant, Iovate Health Sciences U.S.A. Inc, made false and misleading statements in its labeling and advertising regarding the effectiveness of Hydroxycut dietary supplement products.

But DEEP can not make claims about the cost - effectiveness of distributed solar or restructure the NEB tariff «until it does an evidence - based, data - based value of solar or value of distributed energy resources study,» Humphries said.

Because I write here a lot, the reasons that I am a «lukewarmer» and «skeptical» of strong claims about the magnitude and dangers of CO2 - induced warming and the need for or likely effectiveness of public policies are public knowledge already.

Prosecutors claimed J&J misled the public about Risperdal's cost, effectiveness, and safety.

The decision throws into sharp relief questions about the effectiveness of judicial review in criminal causes or matters where PII is claimed.

But a lot of the claims being made about the effectiveness of such techniques is widely exaggerated.

The reasons for this vary from practical concerns about the cost and delays associated with litigation of native title claims to more substantive concerns about the effectiveness and viability of litigated outcomes.