Sentences with phrase «acceptable measure of»

Overall the SDQ was considered to be an acceptable measure of social and emotional wellbeing.

Red Dead Redemption's Honor system — the socially acceptable measure of Marston's actions — was a bit lackluster.

The major services all impose an acceptable measure of case name uniformity across courts and jurisdictions.

Obviously, neither the difference between two maxima nor the calculated regression during an arbitrarily selected period is an acceptable measure of trend either.

Red Dead Redemption's Honor system — the socially acceptable measure of Marston's actions — was a bit lackluster.

Not exact matches

If you are measuring attainment of sales targets, offer an acceptable range.

It is a measure of the despair I feel but still not acceptable.

The majority of Arsenal fans on this site that remember the days of the Invincibles @ Highbury have developed over the years an acceptable measuring stick in evaluating the Gunners squad and manager.

Institutionalise and enable evaluations of tax measures Effective and routine post-legislative review of whether measures are achieving their objectives at acceptable cost.

John Cullinane added: «We hope the reviews that have just been announced lead on to more effective and routine post-legislative review of whether tax measures are achieving their objectives at an acceptable cost.

Their dilemma is over whether to implement further structural reform in the frame of the Eurozone, knowing that these measures could take longer to take effect than what is politically acceptable, or exit the Euro in order to regain competitiveness through a sharp currency devaluation and face huge upfront costs and an uncertain future.

Cuomo urged national Democrats to reject any plans to build Trump's border wall even as part of a deal to save «Dreamer» immigrants, although he said additional border security measures could be acceptable.

Nevertheless, the measurement was exceptional, because it was the first observation of its kind in light nuclei,» concludes Prof. Fornal and stresses that the measured delay times of return to the basic state correspond to an acceptable extent with the values provided by the new theoretical model, which further enhances the attainment of the achievement.

Research funding: The Conservative's manifesto vaguely promises «a stable investment climate for Research Councils» and also pledges to «delay the implementation of the new funding system for universities — the Research Excellence Framework — and work with academics to ensure that there is a robust and acceptable way of measuring the impact of all research.»

Participants also completed a survey that assessed their attitudes toward people who swear, which was used as a measure of each person's likelihood of being offended by profanity and the circumstances in which they might view it as acceptable.

The analysis of future flood options for New York City does not capture all the psychological factors at play, such as concerns about huge floodgates being an eyesore or political factors, but aims to do a straight cost - benefit analysis of which measures can control flooding at an acceptable cost.

«(A) the technical capacity to monitor, measure, report, and verify forest carbon fluxes for all significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation with an acceptable level of uncertainty, as determined taking into account relevant internationally accepted methodologies, such as those established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

«We always recommend traditional treatment with antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis first, but for patients who fail this treatment or keep getting it over and over, boric acid is still an acceptable treatment and prevention measure,» New York — based ob - gyn Alyssa Dweck, MD, co-author of The Complete A to Z for Your V, tells Health.

This current research measured the effects of the spice making use of quantities (half a teaspoon or 1 gram) of red pepper that are acceptable for most consumers.

The surveys don't measure nutrition, but instead ask about feelings of «insecurity» concerning food, measuring the percentage of households that reported «difficulty getting enough nutritious, safe food at all times, in a socially acceptable way.»

And if the underlying measure of student achievement in these studies was standardized tests, as was surely the case in many of them, why are such tests acceptable as measures of teacher quality in studies that are meta - analyzed and used indirectly, but unacceptable when they are used directly to assess teacher quality in a structured research design?

The ETS is very upfront about the issues surrounding the use of teacher - licensure tests and entry tests as a measure of teacher quality, but it also points out that doing so does make sense, because using this kind of test can show that, as it says, «an individual has acquired a level of knowledge that is acceptable for licensing a beginning teacher, and that teachers without this knowledge are unlikely to become effective teachers.»

• Facilities, equipment and activities involved • Hazards associated with these facilities, equipment and activities • People directly or indirectly affected by these hazards • Levels of risk experienced by those people exposed to the hazards • Measures required to reduce the risks to acceptable levels

provisions regarding conduct, dress and language deemed appropriate and acceptable on school property and at school functions, and conduct, dress and language deemed unacceptable and inappropriate on school property and at school functions and provisions regarding acceptable civil and respectful treatment of teachers, school administrators, other school personnel, students and visitors on school property and at school functions, including the appropriate range of disciplinary measures which may be imposed for violation of such code, and the roles of teachers, administrators, other school personnel, the board of education and parents or persons in parental relation;

While both EdTrust and the Foundation for Excellence in Education recommend growth - to - proficiency measures, again, these are perhaps acceptable for individual students, but as measures of school performance there is no question these are not growth measures that approximate schools» impacts.

In addition, since these assessments are self - report surveys, there is also the issue of response bias — meaning a student's tendency to give answers that they believe are socially acceptable or to consistently answer «yes» or «no» regardless of the question asked.48 Since self - report measures tend to be weak in reliability and validity, state and local policymakers should refrain from including measures of learning mindsets and skills in high - stakes accountability systems.

Monitor for Sustainability of Academic Success: Academic progress of former ELL students must be monitored for two years after exiting and appropriate measures taken, such as re-enrolling or re-adjusting curriculum for students who do not maintain acceptable academic performance levels.

While the program increased public and philanthropic attention to the need for innovation and to measuring and scaling up what works, factors like its narrow eligibility requirements, limited definition of acceptable evidence, and over-simplified process have kept the program from achieving its full potential.

This is achievable simply through experience: measure an engine's power, measure a car's power, repeat with all different kinds of cars, figure out an acceptable average.

If the oil level as measured by the dipstick never gets lower than the low end of the «acceptable» range between oil changes, it's probably OK to leave it alone.

Among 1999 models, fewer than a third of the restraints measured were rated good or acceptable.

(Hang Seng Index Pros) Hang Seng Index is under - valued in terms of absolute and relative value, which is something I can measure in terms of acceptable buying price and the selling price.

While it is true that euthanasia is a fact of animal pound and shelter operations in Victoria, the question this audit is answering is not whether euthanasia is ever appropriate, but whether the LDH kill rate is higher than acceptable, measured against similar organisations.

As a result of the runway exhibiting severe deterioration, this precautionary measure is necessary to avoid safety and operational concerns that fall below acceptable margins for public flight service.

According to Sony Worldwide Studios America software product development head Scott Rohde (his business card must look like a tape measure), Evolution Studios went «back to the drawing board» after Driveclub failed to reach an acceptable level of quality and was pulled from PlayStation 4's launch window.

«The polluter - pays principle is the principle according to which the polluter should bear the cost of measures to reduce pollution according to the extent of either the damage done to society or the exceeding of an acceptable level (standard) of pollution.»

«(A) the technical capacity to monitor, measure, report, and verify forest carbon fluxes for all significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation with an acceptable level of uncertainty, as determined taking into account relevant internationally accepted methodologies, such as those established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;

In situations where probabilities can not be defined, economic analysis can define scenarios that describe a possible set of outcomes for each adaptation measure which meet some criteria of minimum acceptable benefits across a range of scenarios, allowing the decision - maker to explore different levels of acceptable benefits in a systematic way.

To deliberately institute policies which can be reliably shown beforehand to increase the risk of unnecessary death is acceptable only if provisions are made to either directly counter the effects or to at least forewarn potential victims so they may take appropriate measures.

Since the Sun - synchronous orbit of the NPOESS platforms is not acceptable for measuring global sea level change with the required precision, the loss of the NPOESS altimeter has little impact on continuation of this CDR.

How can the goal of measuring and communicating environmental performance become politically acceptable and fair to all stakeholders?

Nonetheless, in the most interesting part of its reasoning, the Court considered that the measures contained by the draft agreement were not limited to what is strictly necessary (proportionality test stricto sensu) and therefore not acceptable.

The purpose of this protocol is to measure whether they breathalyzer is working properly by producing the expected BAC reading accurately (i.e. «within acceptable tolerance»).

For the money, it's acceptable, but the use of an older processor is definitely one of the corner cutting measures employed to capture that low $ 250 price.

United States Secret Service Technical Security Division (Washington, D.C.) 09/1999 — 06/2008 Physical Security Specialist • Conduct vulnerability and security assessments for the President and Vice President's local, national, and international travel • Oversee assessment of motorcade, airport, and venue safety, vulnerability, and security measures • Serve as Technical Representative to the Protective Detail to provide countermeasures to any significant security threats • Perform vulnerability and security assessments for the White House Complex in service of the President, Vice President, former Presidents, and other persons of interest as directed by the Secret Service • Responsible for alarms and intrusion detection systems, electrical and mechanical access control systems, closed circuit television and perimeter monitoring systems, fire and life safety systems, and structural, electrical and mechanical venue integrity • Address safe perimeter distances for acceptable explosive stand - off, long range sniper attack threats, and technical surveillance and electronic monitoring threats • Certifications for the above proficiencies are available upon request

Cross-informant and concurrent validity data were not available for most measures in this category, but most convergent validities for these scales were acceptable (although correlations were low for some of the subscales; range =.08 — .85; median =.57).

One limitation of the present study is the unfavourable internal consistency of the 20 - item MHKQ scale (Cronbach's α = 0.61), which is in keeping with previous studies showing weak to acceptable internal consistency.10, 11, 29 However, this may be due to the fact that for knowledge scales measuring various factors of a construct, knowing the correct answer of one item does not necessarily lead to the right recognition of another item, thus a very high internal consistency may not be expected.

It was hypothesized that the BITSEA would (1) have acceptable test - retest and interrater reliability and (2) demonstrate acceptable construct - related, predictive, and discriminant validity, relative to a more lengthy measure of social - emotional / behavioral problems and independent ratings of child problems and competencies.

Because the checklist did not show acceptable criterion validity against clinical judgment, 42 it is included as a measure of depressive symptomatology and not clinical depression.

Scales had good to excellent reliability with the exception of one scale that had acceptable reliability (as measured by Cronbach's Alpha).