Sentences with phrase «comparison point for»

This model served as the comparison point for all other analysis comparison, and it did not fit the data well (χ 2 = 5215.41, df = 1,274, RMSEA = 0.12, CFI = 0.89, and SRMR = 0.11).

And a large downtown firm is not the true comparison point for the types of services being offered in the WalMart example --- notarizations, simple wills, and residential conveyances - all of which have long since been priced out of existence at larger firms.

Also remember to post the new decadal average which will remain solidly negative and gives a comparison point for the DMI number of 200 Gt / yr net loss.

Another major comparison point for business cards will be the qualification requirements.

Credit cards that report to the major bureaus are a key comparison point for student credit cards.

«The High School Benchmarks report, and other reports from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, are critical comparison points for NCAN and our members,» said Bill DeBaun, Director of Data and Evaluation, National College Access Network (NCAN).

Not exact matches

Finally, and perhaps most counterintuitively, Achor points out that comparison dressed up as praise actually also sets a low bar for excellence.

For a comparison point, Apple sold 212 million iPhones in the 2016 financial year, generating the company $ 137 billion in revenue.

He points out, for example, that working on old servers and running Windows 95 will leave you vulnerable in comparison to newer, updated alternatives.

We discussed fee comparison in a previous section, but the robo advisor falls on the lower to mid-range part of the spectrum, and the free management for the first $ 10,000 is a wonderful selling point to get skittish investors to dip their toes in the water.

It does not make picks against the spread, though we like to include the point spread (in parentheses, courtesy of Vegas Insider) for comparison.

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.

For example, Schneiderman pointed to a DraftKings presentation to prospective investors that make comparisons to poker and sports wagering.

It is designed to be a starting point to help parents make baseline comparisons, not the only factor in selecting the right school for your family.

The U.S. is a natural point of comparison for the Canadian economy for many obvious reasons.

My point is that, even taking their simplistic comparison of statutory rates and fiscal - year revenues on its own terms, it suggests the opposite conclusion for the whole decade.

So for the purposes of our comparison, we used the third quarter of 2009 — the recession's low point — and compared it to the latest quarter in which all G7 countries reported.

To give you a point of comparison, 1 & 1 (a popular basic website builder) offers a starter e-commerce site with 50 products for $ 12 / month.

For a point of comparison, Germany's home ownership rate is a much lower 52.5 %.

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As a basis for comparison, between 1980 and 1995, household credit grew, on average, by around 3 3/4 percentage points faster than nominal GDP.

Notable startups include WeLab, a leading Internet finance company that operates some of Mainland China and Hong Kong's largest lending platforms, the CompareAsia Group, a firm that provides financial comparison platforms throughout APAC, 8 Securities, a mobile trading and investing venture specializing in robo - advisory services, and iBox, a company that has developed a mobile point of sale terminal for businesses.

APRs make it easy for borrowers to make apples - to - apples comparison between loan offers and are a good starting point for evaluating a loan offer.

And when our discourse was brought to that point, that the very highest delight of the earthly senses... was, in respect of the sweetness of that life, not only not worthy of comparison, but not even of mention; we raising up ourselves with a more glowing affection towards the «Self - same,» did by degrees pass through all things bodily, even the very heaven whence sun and moon and stars shine upon the earth; yea, we were soaring higher yet, by inward musing, and discourse, and admiring of Thy works; and we came to our own minds, and went beyond them, that we might arrive at that region of never - failing plenty, where Thou feedest Israel for ever with the food of truth.

I think there's an interesting point of comparison here between the Fundamentalist Mormon's request for the government to «stay out of our lives» regarding how marriage is defined, and the similar request coming from the gay community.

Hopefully, illustrating the value of Whitehead's categories for understanding Indian culture and religion will stimulate further research into the area of Fast - West comparisons from a Whiteheadian point of view.

One final point shores up a firm, positive comparison: for the existential phenomenologists intentionality is ontologized.

Calvinists often point to this text, and then make the comparison between it and passages like James 2:6 and Acts 16:19 which uses the same word for «dragging» or «compelling» people to go where they do not want to go.

To ferret out what the ethnic church means for civic life, Ecklund knew that she needed a point of comparison.

@janimarie: Yes, you can make that comparison but it's not completely accurate in a lot of cases where people specifically point to god for guiding their actions.

These were also Chris Clarke's interests; he was taking Whitehead's views as giving points of comparison for the different view of space which he was developing.

Seems to me some people missed the point of the cartoon which seems to be making the comparison between Bell catching «hell» for his views while a well known Christian figurehead held some of the same views and yet was not even bothered.

You said, «You may take it as an insult, but I would suggest that what you are pointing out is actually a weak analogy fallacy, i.e. the comparison between the evidence for Jesus, et al and the evidence for the tooth fairy is not a valid comparison.»

That is the whole point of the comparison with Dostoevski, a novelist Percy uses sometimes for this purpose.

The goal of this sharing is to provide a useful point of reference and comparison for others interested in blood glucose testing and invite you too to share your questions, intentions or own results.

It was definitely tasty and at some point I'll order the ready - made tortillas online for a taste comparison.

It is increasingly common for companies to seek to compare the carbon footprints of different materials, but great care must be taken to ensure that the comparisons are made only between materials with similar functional properties and using the same LCA methodologies and start and end points.

For comparisons between 1995 and 2011 — 2012 intakes of nutrients, we used means, relative SEs (RSE), and 95 % CIs that were provided by the ABS (20, 21) and showed the difference in the point estimate between years by subtraction.

Thanks for doing the calories / Points comparison.

In comparison, former KU football coach Turner GIll's strategic advantage in 2011 meant only a 38 - point loss for Kansas against K - State in this game.

You might feel Chelsea / Mourinho get too much praise for big games but by comparison Chelsea got by comparison 20 points from 30 vs teams 1 through 11.

In comparison to recent scandals in intercollegiate athletics, the offenses Smith felt had been committed, such as feeding extra meals to prospects who came to West Point for physicals, telling B - squad coaches to recruit and not counting visits from prep school recruits against the NCAA - allowed number, seemed minor.

Thank you for your reply and if I may say so, you make an excellent point about the comparison with us versus ambitious clubs and their fans.

The only thing worse than being made to feel like your fandom is somehow invalid in comparison to a Green Bay or a Pittsburgh is humping a Super Bowl loss for sympathy points from media and other fans.

During the regular season Hill had averaged 25.8 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists for the Pistons and drawn comparisons with Michael Jordan (ill - fitting) and Magic Johnson (more like it).

For comparison, Tom Brady is worth 6 - 7 points.

Given that I had made a point of declaring upstream that I was not making a comparison, bruinbaskets had dug a hole for himself.

(Nick Young was at 23 points per 36 last season, for comparison's sake.)

The thing that really bothers me is the thing we've disagreed on in the past and that's imo Wengers apparent lack of Urgency and decisiveness when moving into the transfer window I know that Scheweinsteiger would be a great addition but He is somewhat over the hill in comparison to the others that are being toted about and while I know that we are not the cash Rich Man Poo or Man Sh!tty or Chelski I do know that we are at a point for the first time in ten years where we don't need to replace many players or are being frced to sell the quality ones we have, we are for the first time in a spot where we only need to add two or three players and we are there in terms of being able to compete, Id hate for the financial Exuberance to stop us taking that final stride forward into the competitive team we nearly are IMO spend the money now, get the striker, get the DM and we wont need to look at transfers in a big way again for several seasons and with that in mind Id rather have the likes of Benzema or Lacazetta or even Cavanni than a nearly over the hill Scheweinsteiger.

For all the comparisons to Blackpool (a dirty word around these parts), and how they started in a similar fashion, we've hit 29 points a full four games before they did, and we've done it with more than a Plan A. I don't mean that to be disrespectful, but it became clear after not too long what Blackpool were all about and how they set up to play.