Sentences with phrase «on anecdotal data»

Any serious research based on anecdotal data should include an extensive analysis of known and potential biases.

For one thing, it is a little too soon to draw conclusions based on anecdotal data in the first year of implementation.

Rather than rely on anecdotal data, BCG did a thorough zip code cluster analysis and discovered something interesting: unlike what they'd assumed, their senior partners weren't typically on the Upper East Side (a Manhattan neighborhood quite far from the Hudson Yards site) and far out in the suburbs.

Not exact matches

Indeed, anecdotal evidence suggested mobile sales set a new record on Friday, data from Adobe Insights showed.

Though there has never been hard data on the presence of wealthy Asian investors, enough anecdotal evidence exists to suggest they have played at least some role in the multimillion - dollar home segment.

He said, «Other sites provide summaries on health conditions, or anecdotal experience, but Amino uses actual data and cost report forms to deliver a new era of transparency to the consumer.»

Many CMOs focus primarily on data and statistics, but Fieler explains that she really enjoys meeting with consumers to get anecdotal evidence, too.

The economists» bearish lurch this week reflects the fact that soft data and anecdotal evidence suggest the cash shortage is beginning to take a toll, a challenge that will weigh on the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday when it meets to decide its crunch - fighting strategy.

They did have fragmentary anecdotal information on Q4 and monthly data on spending and employment.

Curious to find out if anyone has any data, or even anecdotal information on these topics.

Tons of info and research links to follow up on and objectively represented the data and tagged the article with detailed anecdotal evidence.

RCOG's position statement on water birth is from 2006, and it basically admits there was very little to no reliable safety data on the subject, but that there were anecdotal reports of drowning and infection.

Rejection of data based on your anecdotal experience does not constitute a valid argument.

So far data on the success of the partnership are only anecdotal, but he and his colleagues are so satisfied with the results they are expanding the program.

So far, data on the success of the U.C.L.A. partnership are only anecdotal, but Feinberg and his colleagues are so satisfied with the results that they're expanding the program into three more clinics.

Siri Carpenter, 30 March Hard data on Professional Science Master's degree graduates are scanty, but anecdotal evidence of their success abounds.

Setting aside aggregate employment projections for the word on the street, anecdotal reports filtering back to the BLS from its data hounds now on the trail lead Shelley to wax positive on the current faculty employment outlook by relating: «We're hearing that is opening up.»

While prior research has relied on anecdotal accounts and small focus groups, Appelbaum and Han gathered data from 731 surveys completed by STEM faculty at China's top 25 universities.

Anecdotal data on an increasing number of genes support this view: Drosophila has one copy each of the Ras, Raf and Notch genes, as well as of the genes of the Hox cluster, while vertebrates have three or more of each of these genes.

To date there is little clinical data on the safety of herbs during pregnancy, but the anecdotal evidence and long history of use in many cultures seems to indicate raspberry leaf is quite safe.

There is an overwhelming amount of anecdotal data and preliminary clinical data supporting my contention that therapeutic diets which focus on increasing real food and decreasing or eliminating industrialized food are an efficacious, low - risk treatment for a multitude of chronic health issues.

For those reading who, while respecting anecdotal examples, are more keen on evidence - based data, I'd point you towards the renowned Gullet, et al study — A Biomechanical Comparison of Back and Front Squats in Healthy Training Individuals — which compared EMG activity between the two variations.

The above data is entirely based on anecdotal evidence, so don't take it as gospel or scientific, but rather consider these caffeine allergy symptoms as possible since they were reported by a large number of people.

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to find out if a batch is good or not, so we have to rely on statistics from lab reports, Internet ratings, and anecdotal data.

Relief from condition XYZZY upon going wheat - free may be anecdotal, but when you are the one with XYZZY, and the symptoms come roaring back on re-exposure, it's all the hard data you need.

Combining anecdotal material with quantifiable data from a nationwide sample of large cities, they find positive impacts on both school management and elementary school achievement.

National data does not exist on exactly what is happening in classrooms around the country, but anecdotal evidence and a few time - diary studies of kindergarten classrooms indicate that the KIPP DREAM classroom may be the exception, not the rule.

The university, like many education schools across the country, often must rely on anecdotal evidence from principals and graduates to determine that its programs are working, rather than hard data showing students are performing better.

Data will be important to further quantify these anecdotal reports and to evaluate the impact that the information may have on operations and school practices.

Based on the data from the postpresentation reflections and the postquestionnaires in conjunction with anecdotal comments from students, the focus on DLTs in this preservice mathematics unit will not only continue, but will be strengthened.

This essay draws on both empirical and anecdotal data to evaluate the potential impacts of this transition, and concludes that the location at which support services are provided to pregnant teens is less important than the quality and accessibility of the services themselves.

We will attempt to estimate those costs when evaluating ADR use, even if based on anecdotal information and non-quantifiable data.

Brian O'Leary at Magellan Media Partners spends a lot of time trying to put actual data to this question, and trying to convince publishers not to make a DRM call based on anecdotal evidence.

I've heard anecdotal stories of this for physical books, (for Eat, Pray, Love), but for - profit corporations tend to make decisions based on hard data.

There have even been anecdotal reports of sensitivity in cats and ferrets, although there is no published data on... continue reading

Dr. MArie, when does apparently strong anecdotal data start to suffice as good data to take a harder stand on this issue?

Surfacestations.org publishes photos and anecdotal evidence that microsite influences inflate the warming trend but no data analysis to determine whether there's any actual effect on the overall temperature record.

However, I have seen anecdotal reports that many of the volunteer COOP weather observers have long been aware that this would yield bad daily readings on many days, and so would reset the minimum reading in the early afternoon so that the next morning's reading would always show the low for that morning and not data from the previous morning.

I wonder how the new take on 1940 - 70 marine temperature data correlates with meteorological and anecdotal records of unusually cold winters and cool summers during this period?

But such anecdotal data, or «anecdata,» often relies on a small sample size.

Currently, lawyers need to rely heavily on reasoning from analogy and anecdotal data when making decisions on case strategy.

Comment: One commenter recommended that HHS collect data on research - related breaches of confidentiality and investigate existing anecdotal reports of such breaches.

On another occasion in March, McKessy added that while he doesn't yet have hard data to prove it, anecdotal evidence suggests that the whistleblower program is not «destroying internal compliance programs or pushing people to subvert their internal compliance programs.»

And without hard data, anecdotal reports that point to an expanding career - change mentality in the U.S. have taken on a life of their own.

Made data based decisions on students by taking anecdotal notes during guided reading and giving common formative assessments to analyze student data

Generally too, there is little empirical information available on people's post-release experiences and what is available has been garnered from anecdotal evidence or assumptions made from the available data on recidivism.

Have an idea that the average DOM in your county is way shorter for townhomes than SFH, based solely on anecdotal insights, but lack the true data to prove this position in your Facebook Fan Page, Twitter or blog?

The Bureau also believes that the structural flaws in HUD's 2008 RESPA Final Rule the Bureau identified in the proposal and described in this section - by - section analysis justify the Bureau taking this action in this final rule, even though the Bureau's empirical support rests on anecdotal evidence, rather than systemic data, because of the significant harm that can result from increased closing costs to consumers.