Sentences with phrase «by measuring the outcome»

This evaluation (DHVVE - II) is an extension of a previous evaluation, DHVVE - I (Describing Home Visiting's Value Evaluation), which sought to identify the shorter - term or proximal value that home visiting programs provide for families by measuring outcomes during the program or soon after completion or exit.

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Reps are held responsible for the outcomes of their customer group, measured by metrics such as how frequently customers defect to another carrier or how often they call support, and reps and their managers are empowered to hand out service credits or alter bills.

Since value depends on results, not inputs, value in health care is measured by the outcomes achieved, not the volume of services delivered, and shifting focus from volume to value is a central challenge.

Nor is value measured by the process of care used; process measurement and improvement are important tactics but are no substitutes for measuring outcomes and costs.

But if we measure not by absolute outcome but by reaching your potential, we all have the same opportunity.

Improve business outcomes by learning to effectively measure and interpret performance data.

Indeed, it can be argued that the multi-party system was designed to ensure that genuine democracy, measured by outcomes for ordinary people, could never be achieved.

Similarly, even though the expected return to stocks is negative in the current climate, the risk (measured by the variability of possible outcomes) is also very wide.

It will be measured by outcomes and patient satisfaction rather than the quantity of services they perform.

While the link between engagement and outcomes as measured by the OVS is well established [7], this study provides an important additional ingredient.

Historically - reliable valuation measures are remarkably useful in projecting long - term and full - cycle market outcomes, but the behavior of the market over shorter segments of the market cycle is driven by the psychological inclination of investors toward speculation or risk - aversion.

Further, this finding adds evidence that the outcomes measure by the Organizational Vital Signs assessment are linked to «real world» performance.

Uncertainty about the outcome of the US election, which affected the autumn survey, has given way to uncertainty about the measures that will be put in place by the incoming US administration and their impact on Canadian businesses.

Put simply, when valuation measures are steeply elevated but investors remain inclined to speculate, as evidenced by very broad uniformity of market action and the absence of internal divergences, rich valuations often have little effect on market outcomes.

Undoubtedly, the best outcome would be a strong improvement in valuations, followed by signs of improvement in our measures of market action, which is the typical sequence of events that complete a market cycle and can launch a very favorable investment environment.

The national accounts measures of compensation both grew by 0.2 per cent in the March quarter, but these relatively low outcomes appear to have been affected by the recent changes to the Labour Force Survey.

When the servers hear the message of faith - based reform, they imagine a bold social experiment to be measured by its objective outcomes.

Each is apt to measure results not by statistical outcomes, but by one lost sheep at a time.

Obviously, one could form four such sets of products of possible spin - values — not by considering N simultaneous double spin - measuring experiments, but by considering the possible outcomes of a set of N serial experiments yet to be performed, in each of which it is possible to decide upon the orientation of the spin - measuring devices after the two neutrons have ceased to interact.

The other essays exhibit an astounding, often incompatible array of outcomes by which the success or failure of PRWORA should be measured.

report every five years to the Murray - Darling Basin Authority on the achievement of environmental outcomes at a Basin scale, by reference to the targets to measure progress towards the environmental objectives in Schedule 7 (Basin Plan Schedule 12, item 7).

The primary outcome was the mean healthiness of all packaged food purchases over the 4 - wk intervention period, which was measured by using the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC).

efficiency measures to recover an additional 450 GL by 2024, consistent with the Basin Plan legal requirement to achieve neutral or improved socio - economic outcomes.

There were no significant differences in outcome of home or hospital births attended by midwives for the other child health measures.

Main outcome measure A composite primary outcome of perinatal mortality and intrapartum related neonatal morbidities (stillbirth after start of care in labour, early neonatal death, neonatal encephalopathy, meconium aspiration syndrome, brachial plexus injury, fractured humerus, or fractured clavicle) was used to compare outcomes by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour (at home, freestanding midwifery units, alongside midwifery units, and obstetric units).

The book cites dozens of studies performed by these professionals — each one measuring success in a slightly different way — with education, salary and prosocial outcome such as «avoiding arrest» and «staying married» as markers.

The outcomes were measured by a global hyperactivity aggregate (GHA), scores based on parent and teacher observations, and for 8 and 9 year olds, a computerized attention test.

The pervasive associations found between breastfeeding and measures of cognitive ability and academic achievement were, in part, explained by the fact that the outcomes described in Table 1 were all significantly correlated.

The main outcome measures were behavioural or physiological indicators and composite pain scores, as well as other clinically important outcomes reported by the authors of included studies.

The author examined the safety of CNM attended home deliveries compared with certified nurse midwife in - hospital deliveries in the United States as measured by the risk of adverse infant outcomes among women with term, singleton, vaginal deliveries.

Supportive parents had the best developmental outcomes, as measured by academic achievement, educational attainment, family obligation (considered positive outcomes), academic pressure, depressive symptoms, and parent - child alienation (considered negative).

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

The main outcome measure was the effect of the interventions on stopping breastfeeding or breast milk feeding by specified points in time.

The literature shows that father absence tends to correlate with poorer children's outcomes, including lower education attainment, poorer health, greater emotional and behavioral problems, with effects lasting well into adulthood (as measured by socioeconomic status and marital patterns).

Several of these syntheses included measures of self - efficacy beliefs, where the investigators examined the extent to which the relationship between helpgiving practices and the study outcomes were mediated by belief appraisals.22, 5

Main Outcomes and Measures Nutritional quality was assessed by calculating monthly mean adequacy ratio and energy density of the foods selected by students each day.

To examine the extent to which maternal fish intake modified relationships of breastfeeding with outcome measures, we stratified by fish intake (< 2 vs ≥ 2 servings per week) and calculated the P value for an interaction term (breastfeeding duration × fish intake) in linear regression.

By design, that study minimized confounding by measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for biaBy design, that study minimized confounding by measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for biaby measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for bias.

Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) dataset, such as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and wellbeing would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar studies.

Researchers measured 11 outcomes previously shown to be impacted by breast - feeding: body mass index (BMI); obesity; asthma; hyperactivity; parental attachment; behavior compliance; and achievement in vocabulary, reading recognition, math ability, intelligence and scholastic competence.

Primary outcome: «any breastfeeding» duration, as measured by the age in days at complete breastfeeding cessation

The effects of the dietary intervention, mode of feeding (breast - fed or formula - fed), and time were evaluated by using three - factor repeated - measures ANOVA for the outcomes of reported number of egg yolks consumed; reported consumption of meat, chicken, and fish; reported consumption of baby cereal; reported consumption of adult cereal; erythrocyte DHA and AA; plasma cholesterol; and indexes of iron status.

Inspection of the explained variance by the R2 of the three regression models showed that this goodness - of - fit measure (the extent to which observed outcomes are replicated by the regression model) was generally low.

«Measures are characterised by a lack of goals and intended outcomes, with no means of monitoring progress,» chair Margaret Hodge said.

At the very least, though, they provide a yardstick by which we can measure the outcome of the Eastleigh vote.

«The outcome is unacceptable by any measure, and an issue that was not politicized in the extreme in the past has now been turned into a political football,» the mayor added.

When participants envisioned the most positive outcome, their energy levels, as measured by blood pressure, dropped, and they reported having a worse experience with the actual event than those who had conjured more realistic or even negative visions.

The liberal - arts outcomes measured by researchers included critical thinking, moral reasoning, inclination to inquire and lifelong learning, intercultural effectiveness, psychological well - being, and leadership.

Nonlocality was indeed endemic to quantum mechanics, Bell had shown: somehow, the outcome of the measurement on particle B depended on the measured outcome on particle A, even if the two particles were separated by huge distances at the time those measurements were made.

Secondary outcome measures included time to first exacerbation, severity of exacerbations, quality of life and changes in lung function as measured by spirometry.