Sentences with phrase «confirm anecdotal»

Zoetis understands this bond and recognizes that scientific evidence is needed to confirm anecdotal evidence.

«These findings confirm the anecdotal reports that dogs euthanized in some animal shelters are generally adult and young adults rather than puppies,» the authors wrote.

Recent empirical findings seem to confirm this anecdotal evidence.

The data confirm anecdotal evidence of the decline in relative salaries.

Comments about the hostile response to any request for home birth confirm the anecdotal reports of consumer groups such as the Association for the Improvement in Maternity Services and the National Childbirth Trust and evidence to the Expert Maternity Group.1 In addition, many women who had booked a home birth were later transferred to hospital for delivery, both before and after the onset of labour.

Researchers have confirmed my anecdotal experiences, showing that curiosity is a critical component of effective learning.

The results of the Phase I Study of Pets in the Classroom confirmed the anecdotal stories that teachers have been relating.

The evidence confirms our anecdotal frustrations at, for example, new smartphone technology arriving in Canada long after other countries.

Not exact matches

Over the years, both studies and anecdotal information have confirmed that franchisees will outperform managers when it comes to revenue generation.

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

We know a lot from various kinds of evidence: a) the experience of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance of foreign buyers at the top end of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).

That Chinese bankers might be doing so is confirmed by both anecdotal and official evidence indicating faster - than - expected credit growth in categories that fall outside widely watched measures like TSF.

This is not a new problem, as the general election and countless subsequent surveys and anecdotal evidence have confirmed.

«Although these results back up police officers» anecdotal reports about the relationship between temperature and crime, it's nice to have data to confirm these reports.

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.

And while the long - term effects of small - screen screen time on toddlers remain unclear, anecdotal field studies and tech repair shops confirm that toddlers can be lethal to smartphones and tablets.

But studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that MOST children aren't getting nearly that much.

Vast tracts of anecdotal evidence confirms how fickle and sensitive Amazon's popularity - determining algorithms are, and what a difference being further down a list of search results can mean to sales.

My own anecdotal findings confirm as much.

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

The WSJ's anecdotal treatment of the subject goes toward confirming what I've been hearing for years in climatology -LSB-...]

That's 15 scientific studies, using actual empirical evidence, confirming the known facts and historical anecdotal evidence.

The DePaul study confirms Rehnquist's anecdotal experience, concluding that «all things being equal, the presence of additional liberal clerks in a given justice's chambers makes a liberal vote more likely, the study says, while the presence of additional conservative clerks pushes justices in the opposite direction.

Although there is no comprehensive national survey to buttress their view or to document the extent of savings for clients, «anecdotal evidence and our own recent, small - scale survey confirm the trend that we perceived: law firms increasingly moving to alternative billing approaches at clients» request,» said Richard C. Reed, who is a consultant at Altman Weil Pensa, a Philadelphia - based legal management consulting firm, as well as chairman of the American Bar Association's alternative billing task force.

But Facebook claims to have done the research, and my anecdotal experience confirms this: people don't click links.

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.

Setting the OnePlus 3 next to a couple of other modern phones and opening up apps, multitasking and doing a few basic things, my anecdotal experiences were confirmed — this phone is just as fast, or faster, than anything else on my desk right now.

Drawing on anecdotal evidence and related research, e.g. the review of the Public Law Outline which is currently being undertaken, we hope to be able to identify good practice models that can be disseminated more widely, confirm any particular trends and gather information about any potentially negative consequences of the reforms that should be addressed.

«A Dream Too Far» confirms what I have gleaned from anecdotal evidence on the street and studies published by the Fed: The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and it is becoming a barrier for many middle class people who want to own their own homes.

Mary McCarthy, a managing director at Terra Search Partners, a real estate executive search firm, has seen anecdotal evidence that confirms similar trends.