Sentences with phrase «relies on anecdotal evidence»

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

Breathwork is an increasingly popular experiential approach to psychotherapy based on the use of a specific breathing technique, however, claims of positive mental health outcomes rely on anecdotal clinical evidence.

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

A lot of the petition also relies on anecdotal or incomplete evidence.

Again, all I can rely on is anecdotal and leaked evidence.

Therefore, practitioners who want to recommend or dispense CBD must do so based on information from anecdotal evidence — one of the worst types of evidence to rely on.

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.

Without a crystal ball, it is extremely difficult for practitioners to tell clients what will happen, so practitioners are left relying on experience — and anecdotal evidence — to estimate what may happen.

Undue hardship can not be established by relying on impressionistic or anecdotal evidence, or after - the - fact justifications.

Those firms that do attempt to measure a return on training initiatives rely heavily on subjective, anecdotal evidence rather than empirical metrics.

While these organizations relied on qualitative or anecdotal evidence of improvement related to business operations and risk reduction, those that provided estimates, reported time saved in the execution of compliance and risk tasks ranging between 25 % and 30 %.