Sentences with phrase «empirical studies»

Clinical strategies are based on empirical study of more than 3,000 couples.

The chapter closes with a call for more thoughtful empirical studies in order to establish a research base that ultimately will affect policies around the use of serious games in school settings.

Models of juvenile sexual offending need to be informed by developmental theory and validated by empirical studies using measures that have demonstrated reliability and validity.

He also has conducted empirical studies of other education topics, including charter schools, accountability testing, graduation rates, student demographics and special education.

The best - available empirical studies show again and again that this may not be occurring.

Recent empirical studies of the pedagogical effects of interactive video instruction in «soft skill» areas.

We therefore seek to integrate results from empirical studies examining the association between attachment and delinquency by means of a meta - analysis.

People have been training dogs for centuries, yet very few empirical studies have directly compared different techniques for teaching dogs new behaviors.

Although many empirical studies found evidence suggesting that poor attachment to parents increases the risk of delinquent behavior, a systematic review of the link between attachment and delinquency has not been conducted yet.

This might sound intuitive to those familiar with the business case for diversity, but the authors claim that this is the first empirical study to show this definitively.

A growing number of empirical studies suggest that encouraging play early on enhances this ability, and that educational interventions supporting it are the most powerful predictors of children's development as learners.

And three new empirical studies provide strong confirmation that patent litigation is reducing venture capital investment in startups and is reducing R&D spending, especially in small firms.

An exception to this criterion was applied to workplace health promotion interventions where controlled trials are rare; in this case other empirical study designs alongside an economic analysis were also eligible.

Although the number of empirical studies investigating effects of mindfulness treatment for substance misuse has increased dramatically in recent years, few reviews have examined findings of mindfulness studies.

This paper reviews recent empirical studies related to the resilience of early career teachers.

What we really need are good empirical studies about the sensitivity of temperature to different variables.

Although, few studies move beyond self - reports of positive impact, a small number of empirical studies explore the impact on teaching practice and student learning.

At several points, this course will focus on an analysis of the procedural system's operations as revealed through empirical studies.

The best - available empirical studies repeatedly find that the opposite is occurring.

But countless empirical studies have shown it is impossible to do so.

Admittedly, identifying the best empirical studies on relationships is a monumental feat.

Our group does both theoretical research and writing, and empirical studies such as focus groups with intended end - users of neural engineering technology.

One possible explanation for these conflicting results is that almost all previous empirical studies have relied on comparisons of students in states that adopted these reforms with students in states that did not.

Multiple empirical studies show that these factors have exhibited excess returns above the market.

A second source of disputes over the effectiveness of choice are the limits of each individual empirical study of school choice.

On the other hand, I am not sure whether a wave of attrition warfare by the parties with comprehensive empirical studies of consumer behaviour would have produced a truly different result.

We recently learned about an intriguing empirical study that examines the motivations of lawyers who participate in pro bono work.

Being There is an extensive empirical study in the sociology of education with theological education as a case in point.

Although it has not been proven via empirical studies, many mental health professionals do believe, based on case studies and clinical experience, that babies can and do become depressed.

The key challenge facing empirical study of how school choice affects information acquisition has been a lack of systematic data.

Our present understanding of the effects of ocean acidification, however, is reliant on empirical studies developed to ascertain species - specific responses to forcing.

There is no English empirical study that attempts to evaluate the impact of judicial case management.

I don't know how you'd prove that without empirical study.

Despite a long empirical studies tradition in law, there has been little use of complexity science.

For those who know me well, they know that I am constantly quoting empirical studies and psychological theories to explain why different things happen in relationships.

There is evidence, both from small qualitative studies and from large - scale, long - term empirical studies, that many of these problems are long lasting.

Two empirical studies concluded that the treatment was more effective for the treatment of reactive attachment disorder and emotional trauma than «usual treatments» although there has been some criticism of the research.

We collected empirical studies that tested assumptions from social control theory as well as from attachment theory.

Compared with the theoretical discussion over the concept of work - family balance, there has been limited empirical study on its validation work.

Even the employer share of increased premiums will mostly be shifted over time to employees via lower monetary compensation, as indicated by empirical studies.

Similarly, the development of the group has not been the focus of researchers — only a few empirical studies have been conducted to examine group supervision.

Impact of sexual abuse on children: A review and synthesis of recent empirical studies.