Sentences with phrase «given anecdotal»

As I travel around the country talking to people I am often given anecdotal evidence that suggests a link between lateral violence and involvement with the criminal justice system.

I feel as though assistant positions are on the way out, given anecdotal evidence by other assistants as well as executives I've spoken to.

That is a concern, given anecdotal reports of problems, such as a woman who had shards of bone growing in her eyelid after stem cell injections.

And given the anecdotal reports, this behavior could be widespread.

Early sailors and aviators gave anecdotal reports of using odors to navigate, but there have been no experiential scientific studies on this until now.

Each trick gives an anecdotal account of the effect being used in the classroom, followed by the explanation and teaching points if used for further work.

Not exact matches

Given the low unemployment rate, anecdotal evidence from a variety of companies, and alternative measures such as the Atlanta Fed wage tracker showing stronger growth, wage growth may not be back at precrisis levels, but the trend over the past year shows wages are certainly headed in the right direction.

My impression also was that real wages were acyclical, but I suppose you can put together anecdotal explanations for variations - in either direction - during a given episode.

There is anecdotal evidence from former LifeLock CEO Todd Davis, who famously gave out his Social Security number to show his confidence in his company's services.

Go look up for yourselves secular studies on how much an average (this means typical, as opposed to your very ILLOGICAL use of anecdotal evidence to draw conclusions or simply spouting the same thing you read in a combox somewhere) Christian gives of his own time and treasure to charitable causes versus an average atheist.

A second poem from Walt Whitman is instructive in this: that here the generality of the foregoing piece is given concreteness from the actual anecdotal record of the century of the winning of the West, and because there is revealed how the irremediable facts of limit, end, death are burned away in the sheer incandescence of the song of conquest and assertion.

Again, anecdotal is not data, but... In my experience in a reformed denomination, they didn't even give a nod to Pentecost, despite recognizing Advent.

There are lots of Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists and Shintoists who can give you similar anecdotal evidence.

Hitters who failed to make a successful transition from the NL to the AL — including Jack Clark, Glenn Davis and Kevin Mitchell, in the 1980s and early»90s — gave that theory anecdotal credence.

This is merely anecdotal, but I have heard several women say that they weren't dilating properly and getting prepped for a c - section, including getting an epidural, and the epidural allowed them to relax and dilate and then be able to give birth naturally.

But the research (and Bronson's anecdotal experience) shows that, once again, when we don't give our kids guidance by talking explicitly about race and ethnicity, our kids aren't drawing the conclusions we want them to.

Sherrill Moscona's 1993 survey of 57 California mothers who breastfed during pregnancy concluded that breastfeeding resulted in no apparent adverse consequences to the mothers» pregnancies.2 There are also countless anecdotal reports of mothers who have breastfed throughout pregnancy and given birth to healthy term babies.

Anecdotal reports of nursing mothers have long suggested that giving milk is a lot easier in second and subsequent pregnancies, compared with a first pregnancy.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that breastfeeding may make it easier for a woman to lose weight after she gives birth, too.

The Minneapolis rally with Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate drew an impressive and enthusiastic crowd — it was one of Ryan's largest solo events since he joined the ticket — gives Republicans anecdotal evidence that their map to 270 electoral votes could be expanding.

«The potential benefit of immunotherapy far outweighs the worry by miles at this time, so nobody should give up that option because we now have anecdotal evidence that they may have an adverse effect on the tumors,» he said.

Anecdotal reports of nursing mothers have long suggested that giving milk is a lot easier in second and subsequent pregnancies...

This study published in a midwifery journal gives some support to the anecdotal evidence.

I enjoyed reading about how she overcame all of those issues, but my favorite part of the book was her explanations on how she handled common objections, combated anecdotal evidence, and dealt with negativity from people who were threatened, and / or didn't understand why she chose to give up the standard American diet for a plant - based lifestyle.

I'm very thankful, though, that the NF website provides reviews of peer - reviewed journal articles, which gives the WFPB diet so much more credence than anecdotal evidence.

So, given the current state of the literature and, for what it's worth, anecdotal evidence, I think it's reasonable to say this:

Since the anecdotal evidence is so good (granted that it is anecdotal, but still...) if you're like us, you're thinking about giving this facial yoga stuff a go.

Here's a completely anecdotal report that contradicts some of the other anecdotal reports given here.

I think there is some anecdotal evidence that suggests that when someone in a social group gets a divorce, many more follow; seeing someone else doing it seems to give one license to proceed themselves.

But it becomes very apparent, when the insight we're given into Cave's career focuses so much on anecdotal nostalgia, that there is entirely too much navel - gazing for it to be fictional enough to be interesting or real enough for it to be insightful.

Using archival footage and anecdotal evidence, Edelman constructs a complex portrait of race and celebrity in the tail end of 20th - century America, one that doesn't provide answers but gives voice to a chorus of diverse opinions.

And given the overwhelming anecdotal evidence of suffering shared in these pages, it is clear that the country is facing formidable challenges in the days ahead.

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.

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Still, he said his surveys suggest that between 8 and 10 percent of teachers are absent on any given day, and there's some anecdotal evidence on his side.

There are positive anecdotal accounts given by interested individual parties, but nothing that would indicate social studies teachers overall support the standards.

The unions have also published some of the anecdotal evidence given by teachers in their responses to the survey.

Focusing on both principal performance standards and research - based, high - yield strategies, Dr. Jan Rozelle (2012) and her colleagues developed several teacher observation and feedback tools to give principals the opportunity to assess the variety of research - based teacher behaviors exhibited during an observation, as well as make anecdotal comments.

From Fiji to Laos, Mexico to Peru, Senegal to Uganda, Taiwan to Indonesia, Frater gives us a richly described, wonderfully anecdotal, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world — as much a state of mind as it is a geographical phenomenon.

If sales stay flat or increase, it will give me at least anecdotal evidence that it doesn't much matter, and I would be better off throwing a tweet out every so often, and leaving it at that.

Amazon gives readers 7 days to return an ebook, although I have seen anecdotal evidence that customers who constantly abuse this feature have been contacted by Amazon about their behavior.

We've long known from anecdotal information that Amazon seems to give preference to print - on - demand — POD — books printed through CreateSpace.

What I will tell you is some anecdotal evidence that we see in counseling employers and giving advice on this.

Our research, scientific and anecdotal (which is what I do), is showing us that we need to give more credit to these creatures we share this planet with.

There is strong anecdotal, as well as scientific evidence from Montreal University, that giving dogs deer velvet can help promote health and vitality, alleviate the symptoms of arthritis and help combat the effects of old age.

I know from anecdotal evidence that there are people out there who do not rate their Uber drivers fairly, instead, out of fear that they may be responsible for costing a driver his / her job they inflate the rating they give....

Her works are able to transcend the personal, the anecdotal and as a result layers of meaning and imagination are given free play.

However, my evidence is largely anecdotal, given that I have large acquaintance in the scientific world.