anecdotal report
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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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report
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈpɔːt/us/rɪˈpɔːrt/
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a teacher's written statement to parents about a child's ability and performance ...
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(Definition ofanecdotalandreportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such therapeutic outcomes are difficult to measure other than throughanecdotalreportand observed behaviours.
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Section 5 gives some anecdotal reports from student feedback.
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This has implications for the reliability of surveys that rely on anecdotal reports of the prevalence of clinical myxomatosis.
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There are also informal, anecdotal reports of nativespeaker intuitions.
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Several anecdotal reports by field crews of emaciated pigs in 2000 provided additional evidence of this famine period.
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A large number of anecdotal reports and reviews hint at other interventions that might be useful in some settings.
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There were anecdotal reports that a number of people in one of the properties had been jaundiced, but we were unable to confirm this.
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Thisanecdotalreporthas not been confirmed.
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The occasional discovery of persistence following experimental infection and the anecdotal reports of persistent infection in the field support the existence of the carrier state.
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Anecdotal reports provide evidence of so called 'hybrid' gesturers whose non-verbal behavior of one language/culture becomes visible in the other.
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Any additional considerations would depend on the weight given to quality of life issues and to anecdotal reports.
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Anecdotal reports provide evidence of so called "hybrid" gesturer whose non-verbal behavior of one language/culture becomes visible in the other.
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The tricyclic antidepressants have been used in migraine prophylaxis, although the evidence for their efficacy is largely based on anecdotal reports or uncontrolled trials.
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Many of the behavioural factors reported came from anecdotal reports and included rubbing eyes and picking noses with contaminated hands.
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Anecdotal reports from farmers and local government extension workers suggest that there are substantial numbers of immature saplings established across the region and continuing re-growth under present farming conditions.
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Anecdotal reports, but no systematically collected information, exist on the relationship between the experience of time and psychological, as well as spiritual, distress in cancer patients.
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Anecdotal reports suggested that behaviour had improved as well.
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However, it seems from anecdotal reports that this year there will be an increase in cultivation in the current planting season.
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I caution against relying on anecdotal reports of rickets in the medical literature on extreme diets.
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There are anecdotal reports of less reputable assessors snatching at derisory offers, thereby accelerating the payment of their success fees.
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