Sentences with phrase «with anecdotal evidence»

Fathers have come — and especially black fathers have come, with anecdotal evidence, with moving and emotional stories about how their family was torn asunder and their efforts to try to get it back....

Previously, studies with anecdotal evidence suggested that parents who shared custody had higher levels of conflict than those who don't.

Pinpoint relevant soft skills with anecdotal evidence, for example, put specifics like «excellent time management - juggled a six hour college class with a part - time job.».

This would fit with anecdotal evidence from various countries in the SH, notably Australia (coldest August since 1944 in Sydney, for example).

The cause of limber tail has always been somewhat mysterious, with anecdotal evidence suggesting it happens more often in larger working dog breeds like Labrador retrievers, and has been reported in individual dogs who've recently swam in cold water (it's also sometimes called «swimmer's tail» or «cold tail.»)

I am okay with anecdotal evidence, because although I can not always «prove» the scientific pathway for a response, clinical evidence and results are very worthwhile in my opinion.

The article continues with anecdotal evidence suggesting that lenders are again taking «risks.»

It is also found to help improve cognitive function in animal studies with some anecdotal evidence that improvements are reported in patients taking Pycnogenol supplements.

Since they are natural and not likely to cause any side effects, I'm willing to go with the anecdotal evidence on this one!

This use is the most widely documented with anecdotal evidence, though again, more research is needed.

This finding is consistent with anecdotal evidence suggesting that this Swedish breed of chicken inherited their black skin and internal connective tissue color from Asian chickens that were first brought to Norway by a sailor on the East Asian trade routes centuries ago.

In addition to numbers, the book is replete with anecdotal evidence for this stigma, including tales of departmental heads urging women professors outright not to have children.

Not a single one, hence the need to come up with anecdotal evidence like yours and blaming on a supposed lack of understanding from the others.

This matches well with anecdotal evidence from LTL carriers that they are carrying fuller loads.

That aligns with anecdotal evidence gathered by Association staff members, who often have heard ESOP executives speak of involving employee owners in understanding the business and in managing expenses.

You can read just about any blog or research paper, and they will provide you with anecdotal evidence on the trials and tribulations of building a company.

Not exact matches

All of this just adds to a litany of office - related ills we are already familiar with through academic and anecdotal evidence, from stiff necks to carpal tunnel syndrome to eye strain.

Anecdotal evidence from Britain, China and Australia suggests Apple Pay is popular with core Apple followers, but the quality of service, and interest in it, varies significantly.

While it's hard to measure with data because we typically have a long sales cycle (several months to years before closing a client), we know from a lot of anecdotal evidence that our videos have played a significant role in keeping Stone Temple top - of - mind along the customer journey.

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

Skeptics of Facebook's business model have long pointed to anecdotal evidence that the social network is losing its luster with teens as evidence that the firm will ultimately be unable to justify its $ 140 billion valuation.

Sorry, but anything trying to test the untestable with anecdotal «evidence» is posturing.

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.

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:

The human trials are limited — as is often the case with food research — but the anecdotal evidence of chia's positive health effects include boosting energy, stabilizing blood sugar, aiding digestion, and lowering cholesterol.

Picking which surprise contenders are real reminds me of picking out which hitters are legitimately better in clutch situations: They exist, but you can't tell with the naked eye and anecdotal evidence.

While only a limited number of helmets were retrofitted with the Shockbox sensor, the anecdotal evidence we gained from our admittedly unscientific beta test were very encouraging:

Not surprisingly, the media feeding frenzy has resulted, anecdotal evidence suggests, in a sharp drop in youth football registrations for this fall's season, with parents fearful that playing football will almost inevitably expose their kid to an unreasonable risk of injury (which, of course, is patently untrue; more than 7 million kids in the U.S. currently play football, very few of whom, statistically speaking and despite a few well - publicized cases - are likely to end up committing suicide because of the hits they sustained playing the sport, and millions upon countless millions who have played football over the past century without apparent ill effect).

Anecdotal evidence from various discussion boards related to body modifications shows that many mothers do go ahead and get tattoos while breastfeeding with no ill effects on their baby or themselves.

The other interesting aspects of this article are the possible anecdotal evidence for one of the benefits of free birth over a birth with an unskilled midwife, possible resulting in a false sense of security - she realised something was wrong and went to hospital - and also the description of the birth - the first twin's head essentially becoming trapped by the second twin - which seems to match something Attitude Devant raised as a possible complication of first twin breech, in one of the Lisa Barrett threads.

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

Otherwise, it's just an unproven hypothesis with only anecdotal evidence to support it.

In addition to social science research, much anecdotal evidence shows that youth in foster care benefit from contact with their fathers; youth often reveal that they value their relationship with their fathers, or wish they had more opportunities to get to know their fathers.

It is possible that all the warnings by the AAP and other groups about avoiding pillows, etc. due to suffocation hazard are bunk, but all you are countering with is anecdotal evidence from your one experience.

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.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that babies who have been spoon - fed have more problems with gagging and «choking» when they start to handle food... than those who have been allowed to experiment much earlier.

11:19 - It hasn't been a great opening stint from Jay, who has touched on some issues about Murdoch's leadership but not been able to come up with anything beyond anecdotal evidence.

All the home secretary could come up with for the Joint Committee was 16 pages of anecdotal evidence, much of which actually made the case for targeted — not bulk — surveillance.

Now, we can combine official government data sources with the more anecdotal evidence from the cocktail party above (but please please verify before posting!)

The Minneapolis rally with Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate drew an impressive and enthusiastic crowd — it was one of Ryan's largest solo events since he joined the ticket — gives Republicans anecdotal evidence that their map to 270 electoral votes could be expanding.

The confident assertion it's wrong is turning into «anecdotal» evidence its results don't tally with individual seats.

The IND will also work much more closely with the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca)- anecdotal evidence suggests about three - quarters of illegal entrants are brought to the UK through criminal gangs.

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.

The Owenites agree with the Corbynistas the bulk are likely to back Brother Jezza so compensate for anecdotal evidence of a drop, admittedly difficult to measure accurately if indeed it is a genuine fall at all, in enthusiasm for the existing leader among party members.

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.

Still, Sickorez says that he has anecdotal evidence that student fliers have stuck with careers in science.

Such anecdotal evidence hints at long - term effects of childhood obesity, which Berger supports with other analyses.

(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.)

Susan Gould Fogerite, director of research for the Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the School of Health Related Professions, said that although there is widespread evidence that yoga is being used as a form of exercise by those with MS, much of the feedback has been anecdotal and there isn't much empirical data regarding its safety and efficacy.

«My study indicates that the tendency to cheat correlates strongly with the absence of a full time mother in the home...» To substantiate his argument, Freeman offers the anecdotal evidence that «two pre-medical students who have mothers with jobs outside the home unhesitatingly said that it is right for physicians to bill Medicare (public health insurance) for patients who do not exist».