The phrase
"different yardsticks" means comparing or measuring things based on different standards or criteria.
Full definition
Consequently, many states will need to find
different yardsticks for judging the performance of high schools and more powerful and swift intervention strategies than the graduated series of steps provided for in the statute.
Anybody who says that they have a wonderful business that's earning a lousy return on invested capital has got
a different yardstick than we do.
It can not be compared to an investment, it needs
a different yardstick.
Then why look at life insurance with
a different yardstick?