Sentences with phrase «above average measure»

I would say a good above average measure would be 15k or less in total debt (combined student and car loans), makes $ 60,000 a year starting out (mostly engineers; average BS starting salary in most feilds is 30 - 40,000, so 60k is very good).

Our analysis also allows us to highlight goalkeepers whose experience capital is well above the average measured for all big - 5 league goalkeepers at the same age: Mouez Hassan (Nice), Paul Nardi (Monaco), Pau López (Espanyol), Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid), Timo Horn (Cologne), Alphonse Aréola (Villarreal, on loan from Paris St - Germain), Loris Karius (Mainz) and Jack Butland (Stoke).

Not exact matches

Both measures are comfortably above their long - term averages.

The measure above is average hourly earnings for employees paid by the hour.

If you're skeptical about an «innovation index» meaning much in a practical sense, then consider this: in terms of productivity (measured by GDP per hour worked), Canada ranks far below the G7 average — a staggering 12 per cent below, in fact — and only marginally above that of the broader OECD.

There are a multitude of reasons as to why this occurs but it's a powerful enough force that many investors have done quite well for themselves over an investing lifetime by focusing on dividend stocks, specifically one of two strategies - dividend growth, which focuses on acquiring a diversified portfolio of companies that have raised their dividends at rates considerably above average and high dividend yield, which focuses on stocks that offer significantly above - average dividend yields as measured by the dividend rate compared to the stock market price.

When valuations exceeded even 12 times normalized earnings (on our most comprehensive measure discussed above), seemingly «favorable» market action was followed by profound losses averaging -69.8 % on an annualized basis (generally reflecting a few weeks of vertical losses until enough damage was done to kick the market action measures negative).

Though buyouts have a slightly higher average annual distribution than venture capital, more buyout capital is invested in each year such that the absolute buyout distributions have not surpassed called capital in the time frames measured above.

First, per the findings of «Asset Class Diversification Effectiveness Factors», we measure the average monthly return for DBV and the average pairwise correlation of DBV monthly returns with the monthly returns of the above assets.

After the third longest bull market advance on record, fresh deterioration in key trend - following components within our measures of market internals (see Support Drops Away) recently joined this extended, overvalued, overbought, overbullish peak, even as the S&P 500 hovers at the top of its monthly Bollinger bands (two standard deviations above the 20 - period average) and cyclical momentum rolls over from a 9 - year high.

Surveys of businesses» hiring intentions are at high levels, and print - based vacancy measures have been growing in line with the above - average growth in the labour force.

The AIG's Performance of Manufacturing Index, a summary measure of activity in the manufacturing sector was also above its long - run average level in January.

«The basic elements are 1) the market is in a rising trend, defined as the NYSE Composite being above its 10 - week average, 2) both daily new highs and new lows exceed 2.2 % of issues traded, and 3) the McClellan Oscillator is negative — meaning that market breadth as measured by advances and declines is relatively weak (there's some dispute, which I will not join, as to whether the Oscillator has to be negative that day or turn negative later).

Euro - wide measures of business confidence are holding above long - run average levels and could help support a continuing recovery.

By that measure, today's P / E ratio is a bit above average, but nothing scary.

On either measure of real cash rates shown here, they are well below the average of the second half of the 1980s; they have declined since their most recent peak in 1995, but remain above the low point reached in 1993/94.

In contrast, the ABS job vacancies measure has fallen in each of the past two quarters, although it remains above the average seen since 1990.

Following a sharp fall in March, consumer sentiment, as measured by the Westpac - Melbourne Institute index, rose only slightly in April, though it remains a little above long - run average levels.

The ACCI - Westpac and NAB survey measures of hiring intentions eased in the March quarter from recent peaks, but their levels are still well above long - run averages.

While the measured participation rate has been quite volatile over the past year, in recent months it has stabilised at around 63 3/4 per cent, a little above the average of the past decade.

First, per the findings of «Asset Class Diversification Effectiveness Factors», we measure the average monthly return for BWX and the average pairwise correlation of BWX monthly returns with the monthly returns of the above assets.

Hart measures above average for a 2 guard and a little below for a three man.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

In fact, in his research summary for the National Home Education Research Institute, Dr. Brian Ray says, «The home - educated are doing well, typically above average, on measures of social, emotional, and psychological development.

A Centre for Economic Performance report by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) found there had been an incentive effect for those teachers gaining above - average performance related pay, but that this was offset «by a more widespread demotivating effect arising from difficulties of measuring performance fairly».

By Nigerian economic measures, and as a Brigadier - General in the Nigerian Army, he was above average, but he lived modestly and gave generously.

That is, there are no benchmark statistics against which to measure employees, so we don't know whether the score on a test is above or below or about average.

About half of the children diagnosed with ASD in the new report had normal or above - average intelligence, compared with a third of children 10 years ago, suggesting that a significant proportion of the new cases are due to more sensitive diagnostic measures rather than increased incidence, she says.

In scenarios in which the average global temperature rises less than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, short - term measures to reduce SLCF had only a minor effect on the long - term rise in temperature.

In data released Thursday, NOAA measured July at 1.46 °F above the 20th century July average.

That shattered the previous all - time high from 1997, when the water at the same time of year measured 2.8 °C above average.

Nationally, the components that measure extremes in warm maximum and minimum temperature and one - day precipitation totals were much above average.

Elevated temperatures across more of the country earlier in the season helped the overall summer to tie 2006 as the fifth warmest on record for the Lower 48, measuring 2.1 °F (1.2 °C) above the 20th century average of 71.4 °F.

But with the October numbers now in, the year - to - date is the warmest on record, measuring 1.22 °F above the 20th century average of 57.4 °F, according to NOAA data.

Though less dense on extras compared to previous Studio Classics editions, the commentary track by Richard Schickel is above - average for the historian, giving listeners a good overview of Power's career, with generous attention to the equally delightful actors that contribute a good measure of humour to the film's otherwise action - oriented tone.

These «value - added» measures are subject to some of the same problems, but by focusing on what students learn over the course of the year, they are a significant improvement over a simple average test score (or, worse yet, the percentage of students that score above an arbitrary «proficiency» threshold).

Spending: Colorado ranks 28th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia on the spending index, a comparative measure that describes both the percent of students at or above the national average in funding and how far the rest fall below that average.

To measure the effect of being in the top 10 percent, the authors compared the grade point averages of students whose class rank was just above or just below the cutoff.

Harvard Academic Todd Rose on the Fallacy of Averages Maclean's, 1/18/16 «We've become so used to the concept as a measuring and sorting tool, that it and its correlates — below - average, above - average — are everyday speech.

North Carolina ranks 32nd out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia on the spending index, which measures how many students are in districts spending at or above the national average, and how far the rest must travel to reach that benchmark.

If we then turn to the labor market, a student with achievement (as measured by test performance in high school) that is one standard deviation above average can later in life expect to take in 10 to 15 percent higher earnings per year.

For example, among schools with bottom - 15 % average scores, 55 percent were not failing based on their growth and 20 percent were above average on this measure.

• NPS students are exhibiting significant gains in the SGP, the state - wide growth measure — with 4x as many schools now performing above the state average in ELA and 2x as many in math.

The fact that when you bring your child to the new doctor and he weighs and measures your child, she had a growth spurt and is now above average height and weight will not undo the firing of your previous doctor.

NWEA measures of 50 - 70 % of students meeting their individual growth targets are considered above average

CCSA uses a weighted average of SBAC scale scores measuring how far the average student is above / below the «Met» standard and ranked 0 - 100th percentile statewide.

And crucially, Watanabe failed to note that, prior to Cobian's arrival in 2009, the school's score on the Academic Performance Index — the state's annual measure of test - score performance of schools and districts — was 717, or 23 points above the city's average.

2011: On the Measures of Academic Progress test, developed by the Northwest Evaluation Association, 95 % scored at or above the national average in math, while 96 percent scored at or above it in reading.

The measure, introduced by the Burnt Mill Academy Trust which took over at the start of this month, is designed to raise the number of pupils achieving strong passes in English and maths GCSE above the national average and achieve a positive Progress 8 score, from a current position of -0.09.

Find below the percentages of students scoring in the average or above range at the beginning and the end of the 2010 - 2011 school year (as measured by Universal Screenings):