Sentences with phrase «by averaging outcomes»

By averaging outcomes, the study dilutes some patients» large improvements with others» unchanged symptoms.

Relapse rate defined as re-emergence of symptoms associated with significant disturbance in functioning and social behavior (clinical judgment), which considered time period of symptom exacerbation measured by average outcome of time duration of rehospitalization for psychotic symptom treatment.

Not exact matches

Lastly, the rankings factored health care costs based on three data points: (1) the average health insurance premium, sourced from KFF.org; (2) portion of health costs covered by Medicare, sourced from CMS.gov; and (3) state rankings on senior health outcomes from AmericasHealthRankings.org.

The current Market Climate is characterized by a wide range of potential outcomes - which is what we call «risk», but an average return that is quite negative.

Still, the current return / risk profile features highly «unpleasant skew» - in any given week, the single most likely outcome is actually a small advance, yet the average return in the current classification is quite negative, because those small marginal gains have typically been wiped out by steep, abrupt market plunges that erase weeks or months of gains in one fell swoop (see Impermanence and Full - Cycle Thinking for a chart).

Despite the variability in short - term outcomes, and even the tendency for the market to advance by several percent after the syndrome emerges, the overall implications are clearly negative on the basis of average return / risk outcomes.»

A case can be made that the first public exposition of the inflation target came in 1993 in a speech by then Governor Fraser (1993): «My own view is that if inflation could be held to an average of 2 — 3 per cent over a period of years, that would be a good outcome».

[01:10] Introduction [02:45] James welcomes Tony to the podcast [03:35] Tony's leap year birthday [04:15] Unshakeable delivers the specific facts you need to know [04:45] What James learned from Unshakeable [05:25] Most people panic when the stock market drops [05:45] Getting rid of your fear of investing [06:15] Last January was the worst opening, but it was a correction [06:45] You are losing money when you sell on corrections [06:55] Bear markets come every 5 years on average [07:10] The greatest opportunity for a millennial [07:40] Waiting for corrections to invest [08:05] Warren Buffet's advice for investors [08:55] If you miss the top 10 trading days a year... [09:25] Three different investor scenarios over a 20 year period [10:40] The best trading days come after the worst [11:45] Investing in the current world [12:05] What Clinton and Bush think of the current situation [12:45] The office is far bigger than the occupant [13:35] Information helps reduce fear [14:25] James's story of the billionaire upset over another's wealth [14:45] What money really is [15:05] The story of Adolphe Merkle [16:05] The story of Chuck Feeney [16:55] The importance of the right mindset [17:15] What fuels Tony [19:15] Find something you care about more than yourself [20:25] Make your mission to surround yourself with the right people [21:25] Suffering made Tony hungry for more [23:25] By feeding his mind, Tony found strength [24:15] Great ideas don't interrupt you, you have to pursue them [25:05] Never - ending hunger is what matters [25:25] Richard Branson is the epitome of hunger and drive [25:40] Hunger is the common denominator [26:30] What you can do starting right now [26:55] Success leaves clues [28:10] What it means to take massive action [28:30] Taking action commits you to following through [29:40] If you do nothing you'll learn nothing [30:20] There must be an emotional purpose behind what you're doing [30:40] How does Tony ignite creativity in his own life [32:00] «How is not as important as «why» [32:40] What and why unleash the psyche [33:25] Breaking the habit of focusing on «how» [35:50] Deep Practice [35:10] Your desired outcome will determine your action [36:00] The difference between «what» and «why» [37:00] Learning how to chunk and group [37:40] Don't mistake movement for achievement [38:30] Tony doesn't negotiate with his mind [39:30] Change your thoughts and change your biochemistry [40:00] The bad habit of being stressed [40:40] Beautiful and suffering states [41:50] The most important decision is to live in a beautiful state no matter what [42:40] Consciously decide to take yourself out of suffering [43:40] Focus on appreciation, joy and love [44:30] Step out of suffering and find the solution [45:00] Dealing with mercury poisoning [45:40] Tony's process for stepping out of suffering [46:10] Stop identifying with thoughts — they aren't yours [47:40] Trade your expectations for appreciation [50:00] The key to life — gratitude [51:40] What is freedom for you?

Some of these outcomes may have been avoided by recognising a few simple mathematical concepts, namely Averages, Zeros and Non-Linearity.

First, overall price changes are ultimately driven by money and credit growth, and the outcome for (say) the headline CPI is determined by the weighted average of the services CPI and the goods CPI.

Another reason why this betting tip works so well is that you can actually calculate and predict the outcomes by adding together the average goals scored by each team from all other games they have played in the current season.

Signed from Doncaster Rovers Belles just before the new season, the 2015 FA WSL 2 Players» Player of the Year had made a huge impact by scoring nine goals for Donny during the FA WSL 2 Spring Series.And, with Yeovil conceding an average of three goals a game in the league this year, the 26 - year - old will be key to the outcome.

The expectation for the link between final day polls and the outcome is that the Conservatives will over-perform their polling average by the same degree as they have over-performed their polling average in elections since 1979 (roughly one percent).

Instead, most modelers accommodate the inevitable uncertainties by averaging over many runs of each scenario and displaying a likely range of outcomes, much like landfall forecasts for hurricanes.

The model produces different jobs and growth projections for a business - as - usual scenario with no technology breakthroughs or major new policies, and then generates different outcomes by factoring in new policies such as a national clean energy standards such as proposed by President Obama; increases in corporate average fuel economy standards; tougher environmental controls on coal - fired power generators; extended investment and production tax credits for clean energy sources and an expanded federal energy loan guarantee program.

By the end of fifth grade, children living in counties with average levels of Smart Start and More at Four funding saw improved educational outcomes.

The outcomes were significant: After 15 months of working with a diabetes educator, participants on average lowered their A1C (blood sugar) levels by 67 percent and their LDL (bad) cholesterol levels by 53 percent.

In the study, a team led by Sarah Lamb, of Oxford's Center for Rehabilitation Research and Center for Statistics in Medicine, tracked outcomes for nearly 500 people averaging 77 years of age.

This simple example illustrates that eliminating the average difference across the two groups will only remove all differences by socioeconomic status if there are no differences in outcomes by socioeconomic status within the broad income groups.

For New Orleans, the news on average student outcomes is quite positive by just about any measure.

In the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metrics.

A second important outcome was that the lower - performing students, so these were students who were about the bottom third of our sample, these were students who were earning Grade Point Averages (GPAs) of a C or below in the semester prior to the intervention [and were] most likely going to be struggling in school; for these students, the intervention increased their GPAs and also increased their likelihood of passing core courses like Math, English, Social Studies and Science - and increased that by around 6.5 percentage points.

In a large randomized experiment such as this, we can estimate the effect of receiving the intervention by simply comparing the average outcomes of the treatment and control groups.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

Using rigorous non-experimental methods, a 2013 study of charters in 16 states by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes found that average charter school effectiveness increased overall, due in large part to closures of poorly performing schools.

A study by Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) finds that over the course of three years, Texas charter school students on average gained the equivalent of 17 more days of reading instruction per year than their district school peers.

A report issued by the Independent Financial Review Panel in November 2015 recommended that the district work to improve its chronic absence rate not only to improve academic outcomes for students, but because the district's average daily attendance rate is the biggest factor in district revenues.

On average, charter schools in Philadelphia are providing better results for children in both reading and math, according to last year's study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University.

The study, completed by Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, found that, in a 180 - day academic year, virtual charter students lagged behind their peers by an average of 72 days in reading, and 180 days in math.

We examined the practices of authorizers with the strongest charter school portfolios in the country — measured by numerous student and community outcomes — and compared them to the practices of authorizers with average portfolios.

Because schools are funded based on attendance, if we could increase average attendance by just three days, Central Texas districts would gain $ 34 million in annual revenue from the state that could be used to improve educational outcomes.

A new report released by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) investigates five years of charter school performance in Ohio and finds that the average charter school is performing worse than the average public -LSB-...] Read More»

A 2013 study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University analyzed the charter sectors in 27 states and found that, on average, charter schools have significant positive impacts in both math and reading for black students in poverty, Hispanic students in poverty, Hispanic English language - learners (ELLs), students in poverty in general, and ELLs compared to their traditional public school peers.

It allows students to search by zip code for programs offered in the local area, along with information about workforce outcomes for the selected program including average wages of program graduates, tuition costs, and average time to program completion.

Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national average.48 However, research on their effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50

Research by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes found across 41 regions, urban charter schools on average achieve significantly greater student success in both math and reading.

In practice, this means that the majority of comments are not submitted by the general public but by people who have a stake in the outcome (meaning the comments may not reflect the view of the average book buyer)

When the focus is on protecting from downside risks, the additional volatility caused by the 10 - year bonds hurt retirement outcomes by more than could be compensated by their higher average yields.

It is common for each hip to have a different number outcome and averages are taken from the hip with the highest number when comparing against the breed, so when a breeder is making a decision about pairing their dogs together they need to go by whichever hip has the highest number.

Percent change in team size (final divided by average) correlated against game project outcome (vertical axis).

The outcome is that every year since the Keeling measurements began in 1958, it is evident that 57 % of emissions have on average been UPtaken by the terrestrial and oceanic biospheres (Canadell et al. 2007, Table 1).

For me it's enough to tell that when the final outcome has the nature of an average of all annual readings we get the first lower limit by dividing the accuracy of individual readings by the square root of the number of all readings.

Scientists had tried to look into the future by extrapolating the visible trends and forces along a single line, calculating a most likely outcome within a range of possibilities: «global average temperature will rise three degrees plus or minus 50 %» or the like.

In the experiment I describe, the beliefs I measure are about purely descriptive matters... The students are shown exact statements concerning the outcomes of the experiment, as predicted by competitive equilibrium, things like «the number of contracts will be predicted exactly [by the theory]» or «the combined earnings of the traders will be predicted exactly [by the theory] or «the average contract prices will fall within a 30 - cent range [predicted by the theory]... there is no implication here of safety or danger.

Thankfully, relatively few families should find themselves in the tail areas of the bell curve; again assuming a normal statistical distribution, the outcomes obtained by less than 5 % of the total population, those in the third and forth deviations, ought to be unfair or very unfair compared to an average result.

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

We estimated each child's daily media hours by calculating a weighted average of the weekday and weekend hours and set this as our primary continuous outcome.

On days of greater stress (i.e., days when stress was more than average for that individual), spouses reported feeling more depleted, and these feelings of depletion were found to account for decreases in relationship satisfaction and increases in argumentative behaviors on these high stress days.5 In other words, coping with daily life stressors can place a strain on relationships by draining spouses of the energy and resources needed to behave well, resulting in poor relationship outcomes.

The average number of adverse outcomes that women thought could be increased by smoking was 9.2 of the 12 presented.

These positive outcomes increase in students who are involved in social and emotional learning programming by an average of 11 percentile points over students who are not involved in such programming.