Sentences with phrase «on anecdotal evidence»

While this is just an estimate, it seems reasonable based on anecdotal evidence from the many indie authors I know.

Don't rely on anecdotal evidence to guide your business!

Although these accounts rely almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, the prospect is of real concern.

Unfortunately, current recommendations are largely based on anecdotal evidence rather than on controlled trials.

Whilst based only on anecdotal evidence, online play seems to be a much smoother, better experience too — for those looking to help as well as for those looking to cause trouble.

The findings are based mainly on anecdotal evidence drawn from interviews with teachers and education specialists.

Our high rating is based primarily on anecdotal evidence, as well as research studies that confirm the health benefits of coconut oil and plant - based diets.

I have to say that based purely on anecdotal evidence and my observations being at a law school for the past decade - plus.

The examples I use here are based partly on research and partly on anecdotal evidence.

«For a long time, we relied on anecdotal evidence and small - scale research findings about how well music therapy works,» she says.

Sure, we have occasional success stories based on anecdotal evidence.

NCSECS recognizes the tendency to rely on anecdotal evidence in the conversation about special education in charter schools and seeks to address this issue by conducting select qualitative and quantitative research.

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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If you're not familiar with the term broscience, just know that it is essentially a body of knowledge that bodybuilders (both recreational and competitive) believe to be true based simply on anecdotal evidence rather than being scientifically validated.

AUSSIE's reputation is mainly built on anecdotal evidence, including a successful reform effort in the 1990s in District 2, which encompasses parts of Lower Manhattan, Chelsea, Greenwich Village and the Upper East Side.

I'm basing all my suppositions on anecdotal evidence, which is never a smart thing to do.

Based mostly on anecdotal evidence, Pinter says the problem is that there are so many women in publishing (he says it's «dominated» by women.

Pending that, it is possible to fall back on anecdotal evidence and general impression, and some of that may be reassuring, suggesting that a good deal has changed in European and British society since the middle of the twentieth century — and that may be due in no short measure to the longer term political, moral and legal impact of measures such as the European Convention on Human Rights.

There is no convincing objective evidence linking wind turbines to health - effects, so Ms Laurie relies almost entirely on anecdotal evidence, of which she has collected a large amount.

But is this really true or is it just another fallacy based on anecdotal evidence in the health community which seems possessed by the word «whole grain»?

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.

What rankles Relman, Angell, and other critics about Weil in particular is his tendency to speak ex cathedra: to endorse therapies based only on anecdotal evidence rather than on scientific research.

But where Herdict relies on anecdotal evidence, Encore automates the measurements.

While the team expected to find sex - linked orange female cats (the calicos, torties, torbies, etc.) to be more aggressive based on anecdotal evidence from owners as well as vets and shelter workers, they were surprised at the finding regarding black and white and gray and white cats, as there is no literature suggestion aggression in these coat colors.

But she said based on anecdotal evidence, it doesn't seem like perpetrators of mass violence are more likely to have mental health problems than anyone else.

Based on anecdotal evidence I've collected after working in the digital - marketing space for 15 years, I'm confident saying that the vast majority of those hiring an SEO firm end up being disappointed.

I figure that with six months until my 30th birthday I can still get away with being an idealist, so here are my 11 faith - based predictions for 2011, based entirely on anecdotal evidence and a stubborn hope that things will get better:

Unfortunately there is no national database recording fat guy touchdowns but based on anecdotal evidence I can tell you they happen during #MACtion more than any other time or place.

At the end of the day, it is clear that many of the methods and symptoms that determine the likelihood of having twins are not so concrete and are based on anecdotal evidence.

The venture capitalist turned policy advisor went on to emphasise that the report was «not based entirely on anecdotal evidence».

Often the reports were based on anecdotal evidence, or the studies failed to give any participants dummy pills as a basis for comparison.

She noticed immediately that most of the course materials were based on anecdotal evidence, particularly when it came to the use of plant extracts as pesticides.

Scientists usually look down on anecdotal evidence — but for the past month, alarmed UK researchers have been grabbing at every anecdote they can find.

(Postdocs, who often have families to care for and to keep them honest, form the rearguard among science trainees when it comes to alcohol consumption; this observation is based on anecdotal evidence and on the fact that alcohol consumption, generally, tends to decline with age.)

For a long time we have relied on anecdotal evidence and small - scale research findings about how well music therapy works.

Based on anecdotal evidence, it does seem that vaccines, for influenza or otherwise, could temporarily increase or trigger fibromyalgia symptoms.

It's not something based on anecdotal evidence.

Weight loss claims related to exogenous ketones are based on anecdotal evidence.

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.

Juicing may be better than not ever touching a fruit or vegetable, and it's probably good for the temporary cleanse (based on anecdotal evidence), but * scientific evidence * shows it to be far inferior than simply eating the fruit.

In 2011, Professor Massimo Marcone from the University of Guelph decided to do a detailed examination of them; discarding those that relied on anecdotal evidence, and narrowing the field of natural libido enhancers down until only those studied under `' the most stringent controls» were left.21