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Example sentences for: hunches

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Data are used to fill in the initial hunches, to change them, to elaborate on them.
To understand a single case, the researcher must develop hunches about what is happening in the instance under study and systematically seek within it
Pitfalls Temptation to prolong the exploratory phase; site selection only for convenience, inadequate coverage of diversity; prematurity -exploratory findings released as conclusions; over-involvement in evaluator's own hunches so that initial findings are confirmed rather than tested
But hunches and logic and experience surely play a crucial role (at least).
Someone should keep a tally of the hunches ... how about us?