Sentences with phrase «by consensus rating»

Two reviewers independently evaluated study quality, using a standardized protocol, and disagreement was resolved by consensus rating.

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He shares the consensus view that the 30 - year bull market in bonds is now spent and recommends buying floating - rate notes issued by corporations that reset their coupon according to market rates every three or six months.

The beginning of his tenure has been defined by ramped up market volatility, a pickup in rates and the consensus that inflation is ticking higher after a prolonged period of price suppression.

«According to the higher interest rates and bond yields projected by consensus, the market has started to wonder when the BOE would start raising rates again.

Julia Coronado, a former Fed economist and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says Powell's greater familiarity with banking and finance than monetary policy makes him more likely to follow the consensus, often driven by staff forecasts, on interest rate policy.

First voiced in the 1970s by Arthur Laffer, an adviser to the Nixon administration who came from the conservative Chicago school of economics, it was embraced by the likes of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and, consensus has it, went a long way to alleviating the stagflation of that era (though falling energy prices and interest rates, demographic shifts and yes, deficit spending contributed too).

Until the ad industry comes to a consensus on viewability standards, which the Media Rating Council predicts will occur by the end of 2015, it's up to you as a brand or agency to educate yourself on why an ad would or wouldn't be considered viewable in different formats.

The bets for an earlier shift receded after the latest inflation numbers, but there now is a consensus the Bank of Canada will raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point in the autumn, probably October.

Skeptics worry he might prove divisive on the Fed's rate - setting committee, a body that usually operates by consensus.

Our sense is that the latter event is already priced into the market, as the consensus among economists the last few months is that the central bank will raise interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday.

With that being said, the general consensus among industry watchers is that mortgage rates will rise gradually between now and the end of 2015, followed by a slow - but - steady rise in 2016.

To be sure, you have comported yourself as a consistent moderate, backing the consensus crafted by Janet Yellen that interest rates should be raised slowly so that labor markets can recover, that risks to financial stability are muted, and that new regulations make the economy safer.

A consensus of both editor and user ratings has shown that MillionaireMatch.com is the No. 1 millionaire dating site on the market, followed by SeekingArrangement.com.

By popular consensus this year's recruit, Oliver, played by Armie Hammer, rates as a standout, suggesting a Greek statue in shorts as well as a sexually ambiguous object of desirBy popular consensus this year's recruit, Oliver, played by Armie Hammer, rates as a standout, suggesting a Greek statue in shorts as well as a sexually ambiguous object of desirby Armie Hammer, rates as a standout, suggesting a Greek statue in shorts as well as a sexually ambiguous object of desire.

It holds an 84 % rating at Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus being, «Though it threatens to buckle under the weight of its meta gags, Deadpool 2 is a gory, gleeful lampoon of the superhero genre buoyed by Ryan Reynolds» undeniable charm.»

That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the states belonging to each consortium must reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement standards»).

There seems to be no consensus about whether the across - the - board increases in U.S. graduation rates reported by the federal government last week are the result of No Child Left Behind - era accountability mechanisms or the data - based decisionmaking stressed under the Obama administration, more early - warning systems to identify potential dropouts, or fewer high school exit exams.

With that being said, the general consensus among industry watchers is that mortgage rates will rise gradually between now and the end of 2015, followed by a slow - but - steady rise in 2016.

Annual EPS Growth Rate — I / B / E / S Est (%): The consensus annual estimate of earnings per share growth over the next three to five years that is forecasted by analysts polled by I / B / E / S.

A theory stating that the yield curve is shaped by a market consensus about future interest rates.

But the general consensus among economists is that mortgage rates will rise to around 5 % or 5.5 % by the end of next year.

Economic experts have come to the consensus that the interest rate will be notched up to 1.5 % by the end of 2017.

The PEG ratio is computed by dividing the normalized price - earnings ratio (price divided by the consensus earnings per share estimate for the current fiscal year) by the estimated earnings per share growth rate for the next three to five years.

The radiographs are read by three separate board - certified radiologists and a consensus is determined among them as to the rating on the hips.

A similar issue arises from the authors» application of the «adapted original consensus convergence model (CCM)» described by Regan et al., [11] which is also based on weights derived from rankings, not ratings.

The independent ratings by the paper's authors also expose the fallacy that we used an asymmetrical definition for consensus.

Scientists who rated their own papers by these definitions show a consensus of 96.2 per cent.

«However, it is unlikely that these refinements will change the consensus picture emerging: while Antarctica as a whole is losing mass slowly (assessed to be contributing 0.2 mm yr - 1 sea - level equivalent by IMBIE2), Greenland, the Antarctic Peninsula, and parts of West Antarctica are together losing mass at a moderate (~ 1 mm yr -1 sea - level equivalent) rate today (~ 70 % of this mass loss is from Greenland) and rates for each are becoming increasingly negative.»

Put these things together with the fact that no hard evidence of outside hacking has been presented by UEA, despite «illegal break - in» becoming an almost desperate mantra from the earliest days, presumably to avoid the unwashed masses drawing the conclusion that not only the science isn't settled, one of the insiders hates the phony consensus so much they're willing to go to these extreme lengths to bust it open... and I've never rated the outside operation theory one bit.

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System ™ was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council as a voluntary, consensus - based national standard for high - performance, sustainable building.

LEED ® Gold Winery The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System ™ was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council as a voluntary, consensus - based national standard for high - performance, sustainable building.

If you agree with the general consensus level, but are just criticizing the methods used in Cook et al, then you are by your very agreement with results not able to argue rating bias.

I've just uploaded the ratings provided by the scientists who rated their own climate papers, published in our peer - reviewed paper «Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature».

Our method found that by rating abstracts, 97.1 % of abstracts stating a position on AGW endorsed the consensus.

In all, 10 out of 19 of Duarte's list are covered by my search words, and another 2 were rated 4, and hence did not contribute to the consensus percentage in any event.

That is right, even grossly inflating the figures for papers that should be excluded on Duarte's criteria only reduces the consensus rate by 0.3 %

«This system builds on the remarkable strengths of EPEAT — rating based on consensus - based public standards, tiered rankings that encourage competition and continuous improvement, declaration accompanied by ongoing independent verification, and easy access to a single registry of qualified products,» said Jeff Omelchuck, EPEAT» s Executive Director, in a press release.

Nevertheless, the 97 % consensus is a robust result from several different studies taking a variety of approaches, including two independent methods used by Cook et al. (abstract ratings and author self - ratings).

The consensus of those predictions is that rates will gradually trend upward throughout 2011, perhaps reaching or exceeding 5 percent by year's end.

With that being said, the general consensus among industry watchers is that mortgage rates will rise gradually between now and the end of 2015, followed by a slow - but - steady rise in 2016.

Home sales for August were impacted by the hurricane, posting a 1.7 percent monthly decline with an annualized rate of 5.350 million, at the low end of the consensus range.