Sentences with phrase «decent estimates of»

The new study builds on one published in 2004 that pointed to the lack of decent estimates of such losses.

With knowledge of their masses and sizes, the scientists were able to make decent estimates of their densities.

Acquirers can make a decent estimate of the contract - law costs of reneging on a new subsidiary's licensing agreement in the fashion Actelion did.

In the case of galaxies, the colors can be use to get a decent estimate of the distance; galaxies moving away from us as the Universe expands get their colors subtly changed versus distance.

You can get a decent estimate of how many calories you'll need for gaining muscle by multiplying your bodyweight by twenty.

If a linear fit is a decent one, then a decent estimate of the long - term warming is

Unless one has a decent estimate of how much an assumption affects the results, the assumption can't be relied upon.

There are several sites that have compiled census and other data information to give you a decent estimate of salaries by position in specific cities and states (Payscale is a great place to start).

Now you can probably make a decent estimate of the transaction volume you'll achieve each year.

Not exact matches

She says she understands the need for employees to get a decent wage, but estimates that an across - the - board increase of that size would cost the company about $ 40,000 annually.

We'll be conservative and estimate that in a decent year Bechtel earns 2 % on its sales of $ 40 billion, or $ 800 million after tax (but before bonuses to nonshareholders).

Many of the estimated nine million self - employed professionals in the US who earn a decent living fall short of lenders» income reporting requirements.

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) estimates that an extra 5,000 midwives are needed across England to provide just a decent standard of care.

I have heard estimates everywhere from five minutes to one hour, and while there's some variation depending on why you're pumping, with a decent electric pump, most women can get the majority of milk out in 8 - 15 minutes.

So a maximal percentage with 100 % fraud is easy to quantify, and you can use other data to estimate what percentage of non-citizens are voting on average and multiply the two to get a fairly decent, highly localized estimate.

Last but not least, a decent solar maximum could finally spur NASA to replace its Advanced Composition Explorer probe, which floats between the Earth and the sun and gives us our best estimate of the power of an incoming storm.

Milloy and Monckton (whoever they are) have used the S - B formula to provide a decent «back of the envelope» estimate to the temperature increase in response to more CO2.

Starring Tika Sumpter — also a producer of the film — and Parker Sawyers, who portray the young Obamas on their first date, the title grossed an estimated $ 3,060,065 through Sunday in 813 theaters, averaging a decent $ 3,762.

The 2.4 - liter, four - cylinder engine under the hood of the Scion xB will provide a decent punch by producing 158 horsepower while still achieving more than 20 miles per gallon in the city and almost 30 miles per gallon on the highway, according the Environmental Protection Agency fuel - economy estimates.

Both promise plenty of pop off the line and decent fuel economy (GM estimates an average of 7.6 and 5.9 L / 100 km, respectively).

By going through this process every year or so — and refining your budget estimates as you gain more information about your spending needs — you should be able to get a pretty decent picture of whether you'll have enough to retire at the age you plan or whether you might be better off scaling back your retirement lifestyle or even postponing retirement a bit so you can build a larger nest egg.

But by starting with a reasonable estimate and updating it periodically based on your health, insurance coverage and the costs you actually incur, you should be able to arrive at a decent senses of how much income you'll need to devote to this large and important expense.

• Estimates are for continued business success and decent earnings growth for a company of its massive size.

My estimate of a decent price for MSFT would be 10 % -20 % below where it is now, or about $ 45.

Interestingly, my estimate of a decent price is $ 7 per share below Morningstar's fair price estimate.

Go to a retirement income calculator that uses Monte Carl0 analysis to make projections, plug in such information as your age, salary, savings rate, the amount, if any, you already have stashed in retirement accounts, the stocks - bonds mix you arrived at in step 2, the age at which you intend to retire, the percentage of pre-retirement income you'll require in retirement (80 % or so is a decent estimate) and how many years you expect to live in retirement (I suggest to age 95 to be on the conservative side)... and voila!

They're usually concluded within 6 months to 2 years, and any decent BoD / management will provide an estimated total distribution amount (net of all expected liquidation expenses) and schedule.

I plan to water the hell out of that bloom as soon as I feel confident my estimated taxes for 2017 are in decent shape.

But you can get a decent enough estimate of how long you might be around by going to the Longevity Illustrator, a tool designed by the American Academy of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries to help people with their retirement planning.

Milloy and Monckton (whoever they are) have used the S - B formula to provide a decent «back of the envelope» estimate to the temperature increase in response to more CO2.

The economic studies and estimates from the U.S. EIA have a solid track record for decent accuracy and take into account accelerating rates of installation of non carbon power sources.

It has estimated, within the constraints of available data, environment - related employment in Bangladesh, the employment sustained by more environmentally friendly activities and, within those areas, the number of decent jobs that thereby warrant the badge of a «green job» under the UNEP / ILO definition of the term.

I estimate that this will occur sometime late next year (based on past rates of decent of the QBO) But just to be clear — ENSO does not cause these winds, but the other way around.

I would expect that, if Lewis really thinks that his estimate of 1.6 C climate sensitivity is relevant, that he would at least write a decent scientific paper on that and get it reviewed and published.

If you then have evidence that includes (1) a shift in the central tendency and (2) increasingly frequent observations of events going over x sigma, over some decent sample of space or time or both and based on the best estimated shape of the original distribution, then it is at the very least, reasonable to assume that the former tails have shifted + / - in concert with the rest of the distribution; that is to say, the entire original distribution has shifted.

Though exact estimates vary, a decent rule of thumb is that due to the high energy intensity of production, one barrel of oil from tar sands has carbon emissions up to eight times higher than one barrel of conventional petroleum.

I don't know the details of how good of an image is necessary to get a decent estimate from satellite.

That's a decent emission reduction level, but by an increasing number of estimates the date of 2050 really is too late to prevent environmentally devastating temperature rises.

That also includes 4 GB internal storage, a decent collection of sensors, from an accelerometer to a gyroscope and altimeter, as well as «all day» estimated battery life, touchscreen functionality, smartphone notifications, and a built - in microphone.

Google Fit, Google's activity platform, does a decent job of estimating calorie burn with accelerometer and gyroscope data, but not always accurately — in a jogging comparison between the Quartz and Fitbit Alta HR, for example,, the Quartz recorded about 300 calories burned compared to the more accurate Alta's roughly 200.

Indeed, it is estimated that 39 % of privately rented properties do not meet the Government's decent home standard.