Some of the more clear-cut data comes from laboratory experiments of how much pain women, versus men, can tolerate.
"However, until now, we had only a hypothesis for the mechanism of action — no clear-cut data".
Scientists and state wildlife officials say there is not clear-cut data to support the reports of changes in duck behavior, but the patterns are familiar.
In a remarkably candid moment, Mr. Armitage, a blunt-spoken former Navy officer, also acknowledged that the administration had on occasion tried to build its case against Iraq on ambiguous intelligence, and he pledged that Mr. Powell would bring only the most compelling, clear-cut data available to the United Nations.
Managed care, with its relentless focus on curbing costs, hasn't embraced the house call because clear-cut data on savings are elusive.
But legal challenges, a lack of clear-cut data on their health effects and other hurdles have slowed the effort.
There are no clear-cut data on the current trend for the incidence and prevalence of BEN.
There are no clear-cut data on BEN incidence and prevalence, since the studies carried out in different endemic areas yielded contradictory information.
We have also already concluded that only with rigid scheduling of field surveys is it possible to obtain clear-cut data on long-term trends in estrogenic EDC contamination in estuaries (Kirby et al. 2004a).
Furthermore, they cannot be used to investigate the rate of the development of fatigue in different muscle fibres or possible differences in the fibre constitution of normal and FM muscles as they do not provide clear-cut data concerning primary muscle involvement in the abnormal perception of fatigue characteristic of FM.
Pam Baker, who is is author of the book Data Divination: Big Data Strategies says while there are actually clear cut instances where data points to a direct answer, this isn't always the case.
