Sentences with phrase «added measure of confidence»

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But «it is likely that the uncertainty surrounding the presidential election had a negative impact, especially among lower income consumers, and without that added uncertainty, the confidence measures may not have weakened,» said Richard Curtin, the leading economist of the University of Michigan's preliminary consumer confidence survey.

It also explains why researchers and value - added vendors typically report confidence intervals for value - added measures that help quantify the role of random error and the uncertainty this creates about teachers» «true» value - added.

The use of multiple measures — administrator observation, school and student value - added measures, and student feedback on teachers — helps build confidence in the fairness and thoroughness of the system because they are an acknowledgment of the complexities and nuances of effective teaching.

If we had confidence in the validity of the inferences based on value - added measures, these correlations (or more simply put «relationships») should be much higher than what they found, similar to what Papay found, in the range of 0.44 to 0.65.

ESC brings an added measure of handling confidence to the agility you expect in a Ford Focus.

A comfort - tuned Independent suspension is teamed with confidence - building stability control on all Traverse models, and the available Intelligent All - Wheel - Drive system can add an extra measure of all - season security to the mix.

Add in the recent market turmoil and Canadian discount brokerages are likely going to have to ante up the offers significantly to provide some measure of confidence to rattled DIY investors.

For good measure, Laws LJ added that, if wrong on this, he would have found for the claimant on her secondary claim of unjust enrichment by the trust and, although expressing no firm conclusion, seemed to give a favourable view to a possible third ground of breach of trust and confidence by the trust in assuring the claimant that the payment she was agreeing to had been lawfully determined.