Sentences with phrase «as point of comparison»

As a point of comparison, almost two thirds of the adult population of the ACES reported one or no adverse childhood experiences.

The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence base for three widely - used home visiting programs that have met the federal criteria for evidence - based to highlight the limits to both the internal and external validity of the evidence and to provide a case study as a point of comparison using data from a large, statewide implementation effort.

As a point of comparison, over 95 % of students who had not been bullied or cyberbullied felt safe at their school.

As a point of comparison, Sony's PlayStation Now is more expensive on a monthly basis at $ 20, but does come out cheaper, at $ 100 total, if you purchase for a full year.

As a point of comparison against the tablet market leader, the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad reportedly sold one million units in its first month; and the iPad 2 sold 2.8 million units in its debut month.

Plus, let's not forget that the company occasionally blacks out certain movies in certain markets, likely using it as a point of comparison for how movies do in areas with MoviePass compared to places where subscribers couldn't use it.

While many of the smaller towns aren't listed, it's still helpful to find the closest city to where you live and use that as a point of comparison.

We looked at the eight largest metropolitan areas in Colorado as a point of comparison and Denver ranked 3rd in the state and 58th in the country, out of the 380 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that the Census Bureau acknowledges.

For context, he points to the legal profession's adoption of email as a point of comparison.

Setting measurable targets — in some cases, with baselines provided as a point of comparison — to reduce disaster deaths, economic losses and damage to infrastructure, for instance, will help countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

As a point of comparison, Car and Driver drove the Bolt with the cruise control set to 75 mph and the climate system set to 72 degrees.

The museum cites Warhol as a point of comparison, although not necessarily a helpful one.

As a point of comparison, the most recent sales figures from Sony from March claim 63 million Playstation 3 consoles sold, while Nintendo had sold over 96 million Wii consoles in June this year.

Simply look at how often Dark Souls is used as a point of comparison (for good or ill) and it's hard not to say it's the most influential game of the last generation.

As a point of comparison, the Chase Sapphire Reserve requires $ 75 for each authorized user and the Citi Prestige requires $ 50.

As a point of comparison, regular economy is configured in a 3 X 4 X 3 layout.

As a point of comparison the Platinum Card from American Express only allows two guests and the Citi Prestige limits access to two guests / immediate family (I still think the Platinum Card has the best lounge access).

As a point of comparison, the Sapphire Reserve allows you to redeem your points at a rate of 1.5 cents per point and the Sapphire Preferred allows you to redeem your points at a rate of 1.25 cents per point.

As a point of comparison, United's own award chart charges 22,500 miles each way for economy class and 40,000 miles each way for first class (on a two - cabin plane).

As a point of comparison, some of our favorite cash back credit cards offer bonuses as high as $ 100.

** Index: The MSCI ACWI ex US Index (the benchmark) is an unmanaged portfolio of equity securities used as a point of comparison for the strategy.

** The MSCI World Index (the benchmark) is an unmanaged portfolio of equity securities used as a point of comparison for the strategy.

As a point of comparison against the tablet market leader, the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad reportedly sold one million units in its first month; and the iPad 2 sold 2.8 million units in its debut month.

As a point of comparison, book buyers interviewed showed less awareness of several major authors than of the Amazon - Hachette dispute: 28 % of them knew who Malcolm Gladwell is, and 35 % were aware of Lee Child.

As a point of comparison, iOS is at about 400 million.

Just, you know, as a point of comparison.

The selection of a neighboring public school as the point of comparison ensured that the groups of students being compared were as similar as possible.

The problematic figure in this table is the percentage of traditional public school students in hypersegregated schools used as the point of comparison.

Using a metropolitan area as point of comparison allowed us to consider segregation within a smaller geographical area — compared to our state - level analysis — where students can conceivably choose to attend either traditional public or charter schools.

Those who have the still good - looking PS3 or Xbox 360 versions as a point of comparison are liable to be blown away by the update.

As a point of comparison, the size of the shift was statistically comparable to the difference researchers have found between men's and women's self - reported number of heterosexual sex partners (with men reporting more sex partners).

As a point of comparison, McCright also tested the beliefs of conservative white females.

She used another bill she is the lead sponsor on as a point of comparison, incorrectly claiming that while her «Card Check Neutrality» bill has 20 co-sponsors, the preferential rent bill only has 6.

As a point of comparison, the average person is only willing to pay a dollar to avoid a one in ten million chance of death, so assuming you value your survival over the outcome of the Presidential election, the von Neumann - Morgenstern rationality axioms state that it's irrational to vote if it costs more than a dollar to do so (for instance in terms of gas costs and the cost of your time).

Just as a point of comparison, most OB / GYN residencies by contrast require Drs to perform 250 - 300 spontaneous vaginal deliveries as primaries, as well as 150 C - sections and 25 - 50 operative vaginal deliveries by the time they are done with their residency.

Let us use cotton as our point of comparison.

«she also would not offer a water birth if there was any sign of meconium once my waters broke» Just as a point of comparison, in England you would be transfered to the hospital if the fluid showed meconium, not just risked out of the waterbirth part.

With nobody else as a point of comparison, Lillard showed executives an extra gear of competitiveness that the others didn't.

(As a point of comparison, Golden State has lost 11 games against Western Conference foes.)

As a point of comparison, Facebook generated $ 11.8 billion in ad sales in the first quarter, up 50 percent from the year prior.

As a point of comparison, the researchers also included a group of participants who had posters randomly assigned to them.

Bitcoin went on to enjoy a huge run - up; as a point of comparison, in an unrelated auction this January, the marshals sold off 3,813 Bitcoins and netted $ 45 million — or about $ 11,800 per coin.

Their sample included a lot of small OPEC countries, who necessarily had high growth and low interest rates when oil prices were high, as well as a lot of Asian countries that followed the Japanese development model and themselves practiced financial repression, which of course made them pretty useless as points of comparison.

As a point of comparisons, Mario Kart 8 (2014) boasts 32 competitive maps, several cups, and a battle mode.

It was almost by accident that it caught my attention, but now I want to go and check some other games» achievements as points of comparison:

To make the results easy to relate to, the researchers used noteworthy historical events as points of comparison, like the 2012 - 2016 drought and the Great Flood of 1862.

Not exact matches

And as Jon Nathanson (now Slate columnist) pointed out in his exhaustive breakdown of the economics of infomercials on Priceonomics, in comparison, the U.S. network and cable industry was estimated at just $ 97 billion in 2013.

Mortgage planner and rate comparison website founder Robert McLister says the increase is «unusual» as the benchmark rate hasn't seen a jump of 45 basis points or more since March 2010.

And part of the problem is that there's no «real» or «natural» price for CEO labour (or for anything else), nothing to serve as a comparison point to figure out if such labour is being sold at the «right» price.

A few months ago, the blogosphere was filled with amazing comparisons of Apple's size to not just other companies — including the combined market caps of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon at one point — but entire countries and industries as the Things Apple Is Worth More Than tumblr details.