Sentences with phrase «apples to apples comparisons in»

Not exact matches

If you want anything approaching a touchscreen computer from Apple, you have to go with an iPad Pro — but the iOS versions of apps like Photoshop or Final Cut pale in comparison to their Mac or PC equivalents.

If you thought the Apple Watch, which has sold millions of units, was still basically a curiosity in comparison to the flagship smartphone, smart glasses would be even more marginal.

The fundamental comprehension of Apple's weakness in a lack of product diversity in comparison to its financial size helps explain why so many have always had one foot out the door when it comes to the company.

The comparisons to Apple and Jobs go only so far, of course, and in some ways the two companies and their celebrated founders are polar opposites.

In a move that's already drawn comparisons to the Amazon - JP Morgan - Berkshire trio's foray into health care, Apple will reportedly also be moving into health care.

This is only an apples - to - apples comparison if ALL Windows apps in the store are as quick and easy to download and install as they are on iOS and Android.

We've conducted this survey in the same manner for more than 30 years, and because it's consistently done the way it is, it gives an accurate national apples - to - apples comparison.

So, again, I think it's a good opportunity to do an apples - to - apples comparison of what does it look like, where are you at in the tax bracket, where do you fall in the new marginal tax bracket, and then do an apples - to - apples comparison to see do municipal bonds provide a greater after - tax value for you or does being in a taxable bond portfolio provide that greater value?

Some may argue this comparison is too simplistic and «apples to oranges» but the annual terawatt hour consumption figures persist none the less, and Bitcoin costs roughly 10x more energy than CERN Meanwhile, most, if not all of us will probably find it very difficult to demonstrate a cost / utility argument in support of Bitcoin having 10x more benefit than CERN.

Indeed, CNBC now reports primarily operating earnings in order to make «apples to apples» comparisons.

Though we don't have an apples to apples comparison for cryptocurrencies, we can look at how the Japanese stock markets were affected by the introduction of Nikkei futures trading in Osaka Securities Exchange.

But the stock market went nuts to the upside, culminating in what I would argue — based on using «apples to apples» accounting comparisons — the most overvalued U.S. stock market in history.

In an increasingly competitive investment landscape, the ability to interrogate market data flexibly and consistently can allow apples - to - apples comparisons across global, national or even neighborhood markets, providing investors with the tools to uncover value where few others may be looking.

While ANB020 has Dupixent beat in terms of convenience, we really can't make an apples - to - apples efficacy comparison without a head - to - head study.

This means it is important to look not only at the category of the fund but also the average maturity of the fund in order to make an apples to apples comparison.

If you did an apples - to - apples comparison to other plantain chips, you would see a marked difference in the consistency of the chip's cut and a fresher flavor, while ensuring minimal oil absorption and improved crispness.»

Harder fruits like apples are also considered to have a high amount of pectin, but this stands at 1 % in comparison to the 30 % that citrus peels contain.

Also, the health benefits of processed apples made into things like juice or applesauce pale in comparison to whole fruit consumption — compacted with the fact they probably aren't using organic apples in the first place.

Experience some ups and downs, or in Tennessee's case, play at a level that has you ranked as low as 102nd in Pomeroy's rankings as late as mid-February, and you're going to put your fate into the hands of a committee that is weighing quite a few different factors and making a lot of apples - to - oranges (Tennessee vs La Salle, for instance) comparisons.

Once you address these questions for yourself, you will be able to focus in on a true apples - to - apples comparison of baby strollers and their features and will be more able to select the best match for your lifestyle and your satisfaction.

It would be an apples to apples comparison to look at the ingredients they're using, assume US ingredients, labor costs and overhead structures, and compare in US dollars the various menus presented so beautifully in pictures.

No, I don't believe that there is a 3 - 4 fold risk of perinatal death at home birth because as I said in my comment, we don't have the intrapartum data from hospitals in order to even make an apples to apples comparison.

These are apples and oranges comparisons for obvious reasons: New York has more Democratic voters than Republican ones for starters, while turnout in primaries is a notoriously difficult to gage and draw deeper conclusion from for a general election.

«The Office of Independent Budget Review is wrong, as a true apples - to - apples comparison indicates residents are paying $ 10 million less in labor costs and the remaining costs have been and remain a variable,» Mangano said in a statement.

There's certainly evidence that upstate New York is struggling — for instance, Moody's has cited data that «indicate a stalling economic recovery in upstate New York» — but given the available statistics, it's hard to do a national, apples - to - apples comparison to determine what region is faring the worst in the recovery.

In her talk, Voytek drew a comparison to a famous quote from the astronomer Carl Sagan: «If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.»

Because the students in this pool of applications differ (on average) only in where they were offered a place, researchers can make apples - to - apples comparisons to see how the students who are admitted via lottery perform, compared to those who were not admitted.

Studying these mechanisms provided the researchers with «a source of variation that we think is effectively random,» says Doyle, adding that it represents «hopefully a better apples - to - apples comparison» of patients than prior studies that did not try to control for differences in which kinds of patients visit which hospitals.

People who ate at least two servings each week of certain whole fruits — particularly blueberries, grapes, and apples — reduced their risk for type 2 diabetes by as much as 23 % in comparison to those who ate less than one serving per month.

The study, recently published in the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), details how NASA experts and their peers determined a stunning new way to conduct the normal «apples - to - apples» comparison between various forms of vegetation as a carbon sink.

Also, the health benefits of processed apples made into things like juice or applesauce pale in comparison to whole fruit consumption — compacted with the fact they probably aren't using organic apples in the first place.

Lucky for you, the spike is minimal in comparison to fruit juices and juices that have a lot of beets, carrots or apples in them.

Doesn't matter if you're talking Gap jeans versus J.Crew jeans, which should be a fairly apples - to - apples comparison: There WILL be some variation in sizing.

They make an apples - to - apples comparison of the data to determine if students of similar family backgrounds do better in the United States than in other countries.

In fact, a simple economic calculation shows that Mary's $ 1 was really worth $ 2.86 in an apples - to - apples comparison with Mike'In fact, a simple economic calculation shows that Mary's $ 1 was really worth $ 2.86 in an apples - to - apples comparison with Mike'in an apples - to - apples comparison with Mike's.

In either case, employers make contributions on behalf of the employees, but the problem comes in making a true apples - to - apples comparison of these paymentIn either case, employers make contributions on behalf of the employees, but the problem comes in making a true apples - to - apples comparison of these paymentin making a true apples - to - apples comparison of these payments.

NAEP corrected its data - collection procedures in 2009, but, except for 8th - grade math, it failed to provide the data that allow for an apple - to - apple comparison between 2007 and 2009.

Moreover, while the researcher tasked with tracking the achievement of scholarship students was unable to make clear apples - to - apples comparisons with Florida public school students last year, he was able to do so in years past when Florida's public school students also took the nationally norm - referenced Stanford Achievement Test.

Many states have taken to weighting the data in ways that make an apples - to - apples comparison difficult, if not impossible.

Also, for the first time, apples - to - apples comparisons of schools in different states will be possible.

That allowed researchers to compare students randomly assigned to charters with students who applied but did not win a seat in a charter school, thus providing for a more apples - to - apples comparison.

Even more powerful than the research methods that produced this report, she says, are randomized studies: true apples - to - apples comparisons, like one she and a colleague did with Chicago schools, that examine charter school students and those who would have liked to attend a charter school but are in a traditional school.

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

This eliminated the chance to ever making a true «apples to apples» comparison with children in other states.

«So it was almost like apples and oranges in trying to do a comparison.»

Note: Although KIPP middle schools start in 5th grade, scores reflect 6th - 8th grade in alignment with district middle schools in order to provide an apples - to - apples comparison

Variations in test content, timelines, administration methods, security, and student populations makes consistent apples - to - apples comparisons almost impossible,» Evers wrote.

The Report finds that Chicago has not only made much greater progress than the rest of the State in improving third grade achievement between 2001 and 2016, but it now is consistently outscoring the rest of the State in apples - to - apples comparisons that control for race and household income.

In the report's executive summary, where researchers state their main conclusions, Flanders writes, in bold letters, «We find that private schools in the choice programs and public charter schools in Milwaukee and Wisconsin perform significantly better on the ACT and Forward Exams than traditional public schools when a proper apples - to - apples comparison is made.&raquIn the report's executive summary, where researchers state their main conclusions, Flanders writes, in bold letters, «We find that private schools in the choice programs and public charter schools in Milwaukee and Wisconsin perform significantly better on the ACT and Forward Exams than traditional public schools when a proper apples - to - apples comparison is made.&raquin bold letters, «We find that private schools in the choice programs and public charter schools in Milwaukee and Wisconsin perform significantly better on the ACT and Forward Exams than traditional public schools when a proper apples - to - apples comparison is made.&raquin the choice programs and public charter schools in Milwaukee and Wisconsin perform significantly better on the ACT and Forward Exams than traditional public schools when a proper apples - to - apples comparison is made.&raquin Milwaukee and Wisconsin perform significantly better on the ACT and Forward Exams than traditional public schools when a proper apples - to - apples comparison is made.»

But the lack of demographic adjustments in the published data that can ensure apples to apples comparison among states limit its value as a tool for determining which states perform more or less well than other states or as a means of analyzing performance in the context of differing state education policies.