Sentences with phrase «own anecdotal observations»

These are anecdotal observations, but the chart below confirms that Millennials aren't too enamored with equities.

Here are some observations from a Catholic young woman whose life «sucks» in the midst of prosperity: In my experience (I readily grant all of the problems with drawing inferences from individual and anecdotal observation), highly eligible men in my social set delay marriage for no good....

I work with breastfeeding women so I'll be on the lookout with my own anecdotal observations!

That's consistent with my anecdotal observations in recent months, as there's little evidence of any great support for Pataki among New York Republicans.

The findings, which contradict anecdotal observations and earlier scientific studies, appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Anecdotal observations of patients dating back to the 1700s had already provided a curious clue that pointed to the immune system as a possible player in the body's fight to ward off cancer.

A new study claims to offer mathematical backing for an anecdotal observation of historian Cyril Northcote Parkinson, who observed that decision making breaks down in committees of 20 or more people.

It would not be ethical to intentionally create stressful situations for the animals as a test, she notes — which is why, until now, researchers have had to rely on well - documented but anecdotal observations of wild and captive elephants to back up claims that they reassure each other.

There are two primary ways to get involved: 1) Sign - Up to monitor a patch of milkweed weekly, or 2) Submit occasional Anecdotal Observations.

«Previous to using edTech apps, my assessment of skill gaps in student learning was, at best, approximate and anecdotal; that is, I estimated these gaps based on anecdotal observations from class discussion and student evaluations such as unit tests,» said Kevin Neal, a social studies teacher at Valley High School in the West Des Moines school district in Iowa, USA.

«Twenty years ago, before this body of evidence existed, there was some excuse for making policy based on speculation, anecdotal observation, and intuition.

Because of our life experience & anecdotal observations.

But in this case, I'd say your anecdotal observation is correct: All else equal, announcements of layoffs tend to drive stock prices upwards.

Hopefully, as case is made for the potential value of diversification and long - term investment horizons in an attempt to overcome short - term swings and anecdotal observations.

These are anecdotal observations, but the chart below confirms that Millennials aren't too enamored with equities.

But a couple of anecdotal observations seem in order.

how does that differ to an anecdotal observation?

More vague anecdotal observations and opinions posing as scientific evidence.

This is a good example of why it is unreliable to base judgments about patterns in mainstream news coverage based on anecdotal observation and / or statements made by bloggers.

Can you accurately assess systematic patterns in false balance through anecdotal observation, personal reading of articles or via blogging?

The difficulty with many of the recent anecdotal observations as well as the larger studies is that distributions of plants, and especially animals, can be hard to map.

Based on historical and anecdotal observations, Wang believes that the variation may be caused by a double recessive gene.

However, my anecdotal observation has been that I haven't noticed any battery life problems with the app running and location turned on.

Aside from our own anecdotal observations (for example, many of us working in the legal industry know recent lawyers who didn't graduate from a top - 50 law school and still found good jobs), is there a credible case to be made that law school is still a good economic choice for college graduates?

Anecdotal observations on my part appear to confirm that incivility is generally a greater concern or issue with those lawyers who are not actively involved in the bar or in legal organizations.

A Geekbench test of processor performance seemed to bear out those anecdotal observations.

To put those anecdotal observations into cold hard numbers, experts estimate that the total spent on digital marketing and advertising efforts will total $ 118 billion by 2021.

Also, your anecdotal observations are correct — humility is one of the 3 least common endorsed character strengths consistently around the world.

In conclusion, this Psych Today article contains a list of unscientific dating advice, perhaps based on anecdotal observations or experiences in the context of therapy (the author is a clinical psychologist).

It's not just anecdotal observation.

Not exact matches

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.

(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.)

In contrast to most other bird groups, parrots have a prominent tongue, raising the possibility that tongue movements may also be of significant importance in vocal production in parrots, but evidence is rare and observations often anecdotal.

These observations strongly support previous anecdotal evidence that P elements favor 5» gene regions for insertion.

Along with most other theories about EAMC, muscle fatigue is one that originates from anecdotal clinical observation and is not scientifically backed.

They include both required pieces (e.g., writing samples, letter - sound assessments, observations, and anecdotal records) and optional pieces for reading and writing collected on a regular schedule.

Best practice dictates using observation, anecdotal notes, presentations, story retells, performances, portfolios, and other feedback from the children.

Anecdotal evidence from samples of student work, teacher observation journals, student surveys, and parent comments all pointed to the power of learning organized around an authentic problem and the production of video.

Evaluating student performance through techniques such as observation and anecdotal records.

Results from objective tests Results from rubric assessment Anecdotal results — samples of student work, teacher observation journals, student surveys, parent comments

Sixteen of the 17 teacher - learners provided anecdotal evidence from student surveys, teacher observation journals, and parent comments.

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.

A main finding that emerges from the survey is that K - 3 teachers use observations, anecdotal evidence, informal inventories, and work samples as their main sources of evidence about children's reading achievement and progress.

Focusing on both principal performance standards and research - based, high - yield strategies, Dr. Jan Rozelle (2012) and her colleagues developed several teacher observation and feedback tools to give principals the opportunity to assess the variety of research - based teacher behaviors exhibited during an observation, as well as make anecdotal comments.

The incorporation of anecdotal notes and checklists with direct observation will allow teachers to review this data at a later point if needed.

My claim that their slow adoption may be for other reasons than the stated ones is because I see a dearth of empirical evidence for that claim and instead see common sense observations and anecdotal evidence.

Anecdotal reports and some studies have supported these observations.

What, if any, similar observations and anecdotal evidence are there in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Asia?

30 years of satellite data is trivial when there is no baseline point of reference; and anecdotal (observations) evidence shows that an ice free North Pole is not unprecedented.

The field is rich with tempting observations, unexplained phenomena and anecdotal evidence.