Sentences with phrase «of lack of rigor»

Rather, this is to point out another instance of lack of rigor in legal market research.

«In all cases, data quality was considered; at times, some studies were rejected because of lack of rigor or the interpretations were inconsistent with the scientific evidence.»

Very serious accusations have been made: of a lack of rigor, of group - think, of conflicts of interest, of deception, and even of conspiracy and fraud.

Not exact matches

«There are real shortcomings in how American politics are covered, including pervasive groupthink among media elites, an unhealthy obsession with the insider's view of politics, a lack of analytical rigor, a failure to appreciate uncertainty, a sluggishness to self - correct when new evidence contradicts pre-existing beliefs, and a narrow viewpoint that lacks perspective.»

This concern is understandable given the conflicts endemic to sell - side research and the lack of rigor in technical research.

DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach criticized the lack of analytical rigor in the recent «nice round number» $ 1,000,000 price targets for the bitcoin, which is reminiscent of previous speculative blow - offs.

I think he was saying that the ID arguments lack the kind of rigor that some ID people seem to....

To a large extent, the dominant traditions of Judaism and Islam have remained at a plane where the rigor in speaking or thinking of God in terms that may truly reflect the mystery of the divinity, transcending the polarity of God and humanity, is almost lacking.

It is clear from Gunter's essay in this focus section, and from Bergson's work in Duration and Simultaneity that Bergson never underestimated the value of mathematical rigor in demonstration, in philosophic method, and in the achievement of knowledge (indeed, it was Spencer's lack of mathematical rigor that inspired Bergson to attack him, see Gunter, Bergson and the Evolution of Physics, 6).

I can't help but laugh at his lack of intellectual rigor in constructing his position, in which he demonstrates the very lack of depth in understanding he is attributing to the «spiritual but not religious».

From the time of Man's Vision of God (1941), he complained that discussions in philosophical theology lacked logical rigor.

But because he developed it out of a background in mathematics and physics, it has a systematic rigor and relevance to contemporary issues that Asian philosophy usually lacks.

Hence the emphasis on praxis and commitment, on a concerned theology, need in no way imply a lack of scholarly rigor or a retreat to fideism.

While at times community colleges have been criticized for a lack of academic rigor, there can be little question that they have made formal education more readily accessible to larger segments of our population, and fostered a sense that education is an ongoing, lifelong process.

The theologians behind this «nouvelle théologie» greatly enriched Catholic thought, not least through the role they played in shaping the documents of Vatican II, but their lack of philosophical rigor contributed to an «anti-propositional turn» in Catholic theology after the council.

Anyone with knowledge of psychiatry and familiar with either obsessive compulsive disorder or morbid anxiety has to marvel at the glibness and lack of intellectual rigor that such claims displayed.

Porto are the perfect example of how rigor and superior organization can overcome a lack of huge monetary resources in football; they are never billed as candidates in European competitions, but year after year they mix it up in the knockout stages and they do so without spending much money on transfers at all, at least compared to the company they're in.

Although political actors might sometimes have great insights, they aren't philosophers and their thoughts typically lack the degree of rigor that we like in theory.

And so, when I would get frustrated with the lack of mathematical rigor or the lack of being able to control every variable except one in biology, he had been through that.

First, the rigor of the science curriculum in medical schools has not kept pace with advances in the biological sciences; M.D. graduates lacking a rigorous science background find it difficult to develop research programs that can equal those of well - trained basic scientists.

Elsewhere, and in the absence of footnotes, his arguments lack rigor.

High profile security failures in critical government systems caused the NSA to question whether there may be a lack of scientific rigor in cybersecurity engineering...

My colleague perceived a general lack of understanding for parents who try to balance the rigors of scientific research with family demands.

But those evaluations lacked the scientific rigor of an independently run randomized trial, which would compare the intervention with another activity or with no intervention at all.

A cosmetics industry representative interviewed for this story pointed out that the EWG report «lacks many of the rigors that you would normally associate with a real scientific report,» such as a large study population and control or placebo groups.

The policy change provided Phillipi and her colleagues with a handy way of assessing before - and - after changes in pacifier use and breast - feeding, but their analysis lacks the rigor of a carefully designed and controlled study.

The lack of scientific rigor that abounds in many corners of natural medicine is part of the reason that alternative medicine is marginalized by mainstream medicine.

Here's where Stamper's lack of scientific rigor shows.

Baltimore school officials are standing by their decision to use popular magazines and other nontraditional texts as part of a strategy to engage middle school students, despite criticism from some teachers and community members that the new language arts curriculum lacks rigor and downplays formal grammar lessons.

Classrooms may exhibit the features of progressive education — the projects, the integrated curriculum — but lack the rigor and attention required to keep fast kids humming and slow kids engaged.

Her suitemate, Colleen Cronin, who lives in Massachusetts and is now a senior at the prestigious Phillips Academy, says Oxbow lacks the academic rigor of her regular school.

Schiess and Rotherham could not draw definitive conclusions about rigor in rural education because of the lack of district - level data.

As parents and educators question whether the rigor of the new curriculum is developmentally appropriate, school officials are reporting that they lack the resources to help teachers learn the new material.

From presidents to principals, billionaires to school board members, governors to teachers, everybody seems to be promising rigor, demanding rigor, or deploring the lack of rigor in American schools.

As parents and educators question whether the rigor of the new curriculum is developmentally appropriate, school officials say they lack the resources to help teachers learn new material.

The lack of a systematic relationship between either the rigor or the quality of state standards and student achievement casts doubt on claims that higher and better standards under the Common Core will, in and of themselves, spur higher student achievement.

The aggregated data presented contrasts other reports bemoaning the lack of relevancy and rigor of leadership preparation.

Educators have a wealth of academic data, but too often lack data on the important, yet, less - tangible aspects of the school experience such as engagement, rigor, and school culture.

Further, research into effects of multimedia relating to comprehension of and motivation toward reading have suffered due to a lack of rigor, affected by the classroom teacher's ambivalence toward the relative effectiveness of technology and by the fact that the teacher is often too heavily invested in text - based forms of communications (Reinking, 2005).

Disappointed by the lack of rigor in the U.S. public education system but encouraged by the small number of countries that have dramatically improved student performance, investigative journalist Amanda Ripley set out to uncover what is happening in their public schools that we could — and should — be doing in our own classrooms.

Finally, the empirical analysis included in the report lacks depth and rigor when compared to four other studies — three of which were peer - reviewed — each of which find positive effects of prior school finance reforms in Michigan.

Earlier this month, in an open letter to college presidents and education school deans, Duncan said, «The system we have for training teachers lacks rigor, is out of step with the times, and is given to extreme grade inflation that leaves teachers unprepared and their future students at risk.»

Aside from the rigor of the academic classes (which are lacking), a critical eye needs to be turned upon the amount of school / classroom experience a teacher receives before entering his or her first year of teaching.

As it is now apparent, the grounds for much of this opposition and subsequent criticism of TEKS — its vagueness, subjectivity, lack of specificity of objective knowledge, overlap from grade to grade, and lack of sufficient rigor — seem to have been borne out by our experience in student achievement in the ensuing ten years of its use.

The lack of college readiness begins in K - 12 classrooms, and state lawmakers have made major changes aimed at beefing up the rigors of coursework.

«For example, we saw that our focus on academic rigor was causing stress and lack of confidence for some students although they were perfectly functional in school.

Teachers cite a lack of high - quality instructional materials that support students» language and academic needs, while at the same time providing the rigor to stay on grade - level.

Most low - income students that attempt degrees drop out because of cost, inadequate preparation, a college academic program that lacks rigor and relevance, or the daily challenge of work and family.

After NCTQ boss Kate Walsh tore into ed schools for lacking rigor in their teacher training curricula — especially in special education — and state teacher certification agencies for their cozy ties to those schools and their parent universities, AACTE's Jane West accused Walsh of making «sweeping statements» that were «off the mark», as well as attacked its underlying methodology for evaluating ed schools (especially in Texas, the site of NCTQ's latest ode to teacher quality failure).

A 2005 report by Arthur Levine, who at the time was president of Columbia University's Teachers College, noted that leadership programs at many education schools lacked rigor and were of low quality.