Sentences with phrase «largely anecdotal»

However, that evidence appears to be largely anecdotal and there remains no published body of evidence to prove how seriously injured claimants do invest.

For more on the terrestrial foods topic, see my detailed discussion in this previous post, and this recent (March 30) ScienceNews report on yet another, largely anecdotal «polar bears resort to bird eggs because of declining sea ice» story (see photo below, based on a new paper by Prop and colleagues), which was also covered March 31 at the DailyMail («Polar bears are forced to raid seabird nests as Arctic sea ice melts — eating more than 200 eggs in two hours,» with lots of hand - wringing and sea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sea).

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

Evidence that Twitter and social media can sell books is largely anecdotal, so we want the facts.

Certainly, there are numerous (and largely anecdotal) reports to support the assertion that those who own dedicated e-readers tend to purchase more books than they did before they bought the e-reader.

In a way, teachers have always used data to track how well students are doing, but the data points were largely anecdotal — a pop quiz score, a casual teacher observation.

Soft skills like self - motivation and empathy are hard to measure, and evidence of effectiveness so far has been largely anecdotal but encouraging, said Koua Jacklyn Franz, Raymond's chief of staff, who administers the program.

«This is something largely anecdotal — we don't have studies on this — but it's probably very real.»

Make no mistake about it, the «established» medical community would say its benefits are largely anecdotal, with research that's preliminary.

I guess this is largely anecdotal, but with six kids and almost 12 years of parenting, we've only had to go to the doctor for two broken bones.

But complaints about sickness are largely anecdotal.

The industry, by and large, has regarded the studies done to date — a number of which claim to have found higher rates of illness among residents living close to drilling wells — as largely anecdotal and less than convincing.

Previous studies have identified neurons that only fire up when an animal points its head in a certain direction — some for east, others for south, for example — but reports of neurons that respond to changes in an animal's speed are sparse and largely anecdotal, says Jeffrey Taube, a neuroscientist at Dartmouth College who was not involved in the work.

«Existing evidence on wild animal bites is largely anecdotal,» said Dr. Rao, a plastic surgeon specializing in hand surgery.

Unfortunately, the best medical advice is to be patient and «wait it out,» and the evidence for the many colic remedies out there is largely anecdotal.

Van de Carr claims that over time mothers would tap or rub their bellies first — and their babies would kick back, although his studies are largely anecdotal.

I've seen arguments that it does, but they seem largely anecdotal.

Any reports of such issues are largely anecdotal, which is why lactation consultants, midwives, and even your fellow nursing moms may pass on this piece of advice.

While some experts are «now moving away from [such] long - held and perhaps largely anecdotal belief, «1 others - both leading experts and at least one leading sports medicine group - continue to urge caution

Its style is differentfrom that of some of the later chapters, and is largely anecdotal.

While the decline of traditional women's ministry is largely anecdotal, it is tied to some well - documented trends in the American church, including the rise of working women and the gap between younger and older generations.

I found this book to be largely anecdotal and whose primary message was that other people found a variety of ideas for start ups that fit their lives.

His evidence is largely anecdotal, but compelling: «When even one more person is added to the mix, the situation becomes more stable, but this stability may stifle creativity, as roles and power positions harden,» he writes.

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At a recent 90 - minute Republican debate in Augusta, Nunn's name wasn't uttered until the final three minutes — anecdotal of the reality that Nunn has so far gone largely untouched.

However, pharma - based physicians and groups have largely condemned the use of coconut oil, stating that all the evidence is «anecdotal,» lacking peer - reviewed scientific research.

As you've probably discovered, most information about diet as treatment is anecdotal (and largely scoffed at / ridiculed / ignored) at this point, but hopefully it will be taken as a serious alternative / adjunctive therapy soon.

Some of the humour may seem cute, like any «subversion» of the anti-swearing rules, but most of the movie is anecdotal and honest; it's ultimately that feeling of sincerity that makes the movie work with its cast of largely unknowns.

The data in Figure VI clearly indicate that the measurements of ROI discussed earlier were largely determined by a more anecdotal approach (e.g. asking the lawyers whether or not they «liked it» or «found it helpful»).