anecdotal evidence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofanecdotalandevidence
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anecdotal
adjective
uk/ˌæn.ɪkˈdəʊ.təl/us/ˌæn.ɪkˈdoʊ.t̬əl/
Anecdotal information is not based on facts or ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition ofanecdotalandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofanecdotal evidence
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Anecdotalevidenceon the point is not difficult to gather.
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Anecdotalevidencesuggests some others - expressions of responsibility, of concern, of validating the interests of the audience.
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There isanecdotalevidencethat the latter is already happening.
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As a result, these decisions have usually been based on the author's gut-level impressions andanecdotalevidenceof how speakers and writers use language.
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Anecdotalevidencealso indicates that political candidates are spending more time than ever before granting interviews to and providing information to reporters from such media.
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Not onlyanecdotalevidence, but also systematic research, demonstrates that in practice the monitoring and enforcement of such conditionalities is highly problematic.
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Anecdotalevidencethat illustrates the confusion as to what is standard also shows up in an undergraduate's comment.
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Observation of variability in spelling comes fromanecdotalevidenceas well.
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These arguments are supported byanecdotalevidencefrom published speeches and documentary sources (not referenced).
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Anecdotalevidenceof poor storage behaviour suggests that other moist, temperate woodland species may also be only weakly or transiently desiccation tolerant.
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Ouranecdotalevidenceof fresh hornbilldispersed seeds deposited on the forest floor in a wide array of microhabitats supports this idea.
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There is considerableanecdotalevidenceto support this group mobilization argument in 1994.
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Anecdotalevidenceand an e-mail survey suggested that the outbreak was considerably larger.
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To my knowledge, there is very slim and mostlyanecdotalevidencefor "spontaneous" psychosis in other species.
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Anecdotalevidencesuggests there is also substantial inertia in the system.
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The author never draws a clear line between these issues and uses problematicanecdotalevidenceto have it both ways.
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However,anecdotalevidencesuggests that the majority of pension funds operate similarly balanced or diversified portfolios.
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Anecdotalevidencecan be selfconfirming, while the real or difficult lessons may be counter-intuitive or hidden from casual view.
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Anecdotalevidenceshows that the learning of the national lingua franca by dialect speakers was far from satisfactory.
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