Sentences with phrase «on anecdotal evidence in»

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.

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»?

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Increasing exposure to larger deals (there is considerable evidence, anecdotal and otherwise, that lenders are seeking to raise their hold limits on syndicated deals) will create an uncomfortable dynamic in which the failure of some deals will be too painful to contemplate, suggesting drawn - out turnarounds as an approach to increase enterprise value and bailout lenders unable to take severe haircuts on large exposures.

The rationale for the program relies on pockets of acute labour shortages, for which there is anecdotal evidence, but little in the way of analysis.

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.

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.

This study, plus an earlier on in Israel, bolsters anecdotal evidence that in states where marijuana is legal, opioid overdoses decline.

«Since the province doesn't monitor the use of foreign workers, we only have anecdotal evidence to go on, but we need to know if there is still widespread use of the program in the construction industry,» said Horgan.

Based entirely on anecdotal evidence, however, I believe the press» credibility with senior citizens has taken a hit from which it is unlikely to recover, and it may be entirely due to the election of 2008, when the mainstream media utterly abandoned whatever responsibilities to the public trust to which it still felt obliged, tossed presumptive - nominee Hillary Clinton aside and» rejecting any - and - all discomfiting questions about his experience, background, past - operations, education, friendships or capabilities» hoisted candidate Barack Obama upon their shoulders and carried him into the White House in triumph.

And, actually, research supports this, as well as plenty of anecdotal evidence that the evangelical church is not, in terms of quality of vibrancy, on the decline.

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.

There is not a shred of anecdotal evidence that his involvement in the BALCO case has weighed on Bonds.

What continues to be lost, in my view, in much of what the media has reported over the last six years about the results of autopsies conducted by researchers at the Sports Legacy Institute in Boston on the brains of athletes - autopsies which show the presence of the dark splotches of tau protein which are the tell - tale sign of CTE - which is that they provide, at most, anecdotal evidence suggesting a possible connection.

Those who support mothers with breastfeeding have much anecdotal evidence between them of extensive variation between health professionals in attitudes and knowledge, from being hugely supportive on the one hand to dismissive of breastfeeding on the other.

Besides the usual trend - piece anecdotal evidence, author Kevin Helliker has actual numbers to back up the claim: between 2002 and 2006, overall campaign spending in the U.S. doubled, but the amount spent on newspaper ads tripled.

But critics of Mr. de Blasio, many of them in agreement with Mr. Lynch's Saturday decree that «blood on the hands starts on the steps of City Hall, in the office of the mayor,» say the city is quite divided under Mr. de Blasio, an observation that polling and anecdotal evidence supports.

In Kingston, Noble said he was collecting anecdotal evidence of film crews spending locally on everything from antique props to vegan donuts.

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

«There was anecdotal evidence too: both thylacines and devils lasted for over 40,000 years following the arrival of humans in Australia; their mainland extinction about 3000 years ago was just after dingoes were introduced to Australia; and the fact that thylacines and devils persisted on Tasmania, which was never colonised by dingoes.

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence out there claiming a link between cell phone use and cancer: Keith Black, chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, says that the brain cancer (malignant glioma) that killed O. J. Simpson's attorney, Johnnie Cochran, was the result of frequent cell phone use, based on the fact that the tumor developed on the side of the head against which he held his phone.

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.

The supplement they took has yet to be proved in large clinical trials, while scientists who have studied it have been caught in the cross fire between converts, willing to take the supplement on faith and anecdotal evidence alone, and skeptics who look askance at all alternative medicine.

I'm immediately skeptical when people start invoking new laws of physics on the basis of what appears to be anecdotal evidence (weird clouds forming in seconds across the sky?).

While there arent double - blind studies proving the aphrodisiac properties of these foods, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence suggesting they really help, so why not work in one (or more) on your next date night.

However, some anecdotal evidences, such as how Canadian families in Ontario are noticing headaches and brain fogs in their children, suggest that WiFi may not be healthy, so it is probably better to err on the side of caution.

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.

This is not just based on clinical experience or anecdotal evidence — there are several studies supporting this, showing that low estrogen levels in menopausal women were the likely cause of weight gain.

There's a lot of anecdotal evidence that this eating strategy works for some people, but according to a number of scientific studies, the frequency of meals has absolutely no effect on fat loss [1, 2], but does have beneficial metabolic effects on dietary thermogenesis and insulin sensitivity [3](in other words, it helps regulate your blood sugar levels, which in turn can help keep your appetite under control).

Some scientific studies and anecdotal evidences from bodybuilders do suggest the role of growth hormone in muscle building while some studies emphasize more on the performance enhancing effects of hGH.

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.

It makes people on the trenches like myself, it makes our job a lot easier when I can refer a high quality podcast like yours and it's nice that's evidence - based, you provide references in a world today that's a lot of it is just anecdotal.

Rebounding (e.g. jumping up and down on a trampoline), for one, has attained something of akin to cult status, and anecdotal evidence at least suggests there might be something in it.

Well, in this article, you're going to get a clear, concise, and conclusive answer based on decades of anecdotal evidence as well as our current scientific understanding of muscle hypertrophy.

There is anecdotal evidence showing that Polynesians frequently rubbed this precious oil on before spending long periods of time in the sun.

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

Based on anecdotal evidence, Call Me by Your Name, which first premiered all the way back in January on a snowy evening in Park City, Utah, is one of the hottest tickets at N.Y.F.F. Which isn't all that surprising — there are a lotta gays in New York City!

Even a venerable program like RWT has no formal tracking system and currently relies on anecdotal evidence, or on teachers who keep in touch with alumni.

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.

Much of the literature on adolescents» experiences with online discussion boards and other forms of technology is presented as anecdotal evidence from individual teachers» experiences (Rowen, 2005), or as action research rooted in specific teachers» practices (Grisham & Wolsey, 2006).

There is anecdotal evidence that these declines in new certifications are putting pressure on districts and administrators, with many schools reporting difficulty finding qualified applicants for some open teaching positions.

There is some anecdotal evidence about the benefits of reducing problematic behaviour of disruptive pupils on the attainment of their classmates, but this is an understudied dimension in evaluations of behaviour programmes.

Following are the ways in which this lesson met all five steps, based on anecdotal evidence:

Much of the literature discussing technology use in teacher preparation is based on anecdotal evidence.

So far, there is no evidence that at - risk children fare better on average in the alternative settings and an abundance of anecdotal examples in which they are clearly worse off.

That's not DATA, just anecdotal evidence, but * I * still am certain in my «knowledge» (you can't have hundreds of millions of tablets and e-readers sold without a sizable impact on paper sales, simple fact).

Using only anecdotal evidence from the comics shop I use (which is neither as ridiculously diverse as comic book shops in Manhattan, say, but they do try to keep a lot of different stuff on their shelves), Marvel's efforts aren't selling very well.

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

In fact, all anecdotal evidence points to the opposite and makes them less healthy since so many dogs get fat on grain free pet food.

«After years of anecdotal evidence pointing to its effectiveness, we are hoping to examine in a rigorous manner the scientific underpinning of the benefits of animal - assisted therapy on children with cancer.»

Based on anecdotal evidence, however, I believe the association does exist in dogs.