It was something like their hunt for the Consciousness Factor - trying to trace an exceedingly complex system on the basis of scant data.

High-temperature reactions seems to be much faster than orthodox theory predicted from scant data.

Very far-ranging conclusions about a large, heterogeneous nation based upon scant data and loosely defined concepts.

Some areas with scant data are grouped with others.

Though there is scant hard data on the trend, leading executive search firms say they are seeing a shift in director profiles.

Nevertheless, there are scant data on an infant's ability to defend its airway while asleep.

However, scant data exists on growth rates in cyclostomes.

There is scant scientific data to support its use by people already exposed to the germ.

Thus there is scant data on the subjects' personality traits, or psychological stresses before they became pregnant.

He shook his head and gazed off for a moment, analyzing the scant data and checking his instincts.