Sentences with phrase «confirming anecdotal evidence»

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

Recent empirical findings seem to confirm this anecdotal evidence.

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.