Sentences with phrase «give a point estimate»

Participants are asked to give a point estimate and a 95 % confidence interval.

Not exact matches

In the example at the top of the page, the simple average is 25 % and the standard deviation is 75 % (since the data points of +100 and -50 lie at a distance of 75 away from the simple average); in this case the estimate gives the exact answer of zero for the CAGR:

He estimated that the breaking point could be when AB InBev owned some 50 percent of distributors in a given area.

However, TD's online estimates give users a more detailed picture of how mortgage points and lender credits can affect the costs of a home loan.

«MSCI estimates some $ 17 billion will flow into Chinese markets — both from passive funds that automatically track its indexes and active fund managers — when the country's stocks are included a year from now,» giving indexers something like a quarter of a percentage point of China's stock market, which is the second - biggest in the world behind America's.

Using the 1974 Filer Commission religion estimate of $ 11.7 billion as a base point, and then using available denominational data on giving, a series of annual figures for the years 1968 through 1973 and 1975 through 1995 can be calculated.

The race / ethnicity estimates of marginal effects in table S5 can be interpreted as the percentage point difference in the probability of receiving an NIH R01 award between applications from white investigators (the omitted category in the regressions) and applications from investigators of a given race / ethnicity.

At any given point, an estimated 250,000 people with severe mental illness are in prisons and more than a million on probation or parole in the U.S..

Risk is estimated using the CHA2DS2 - VASc score which gives points for clinical risk factors.

With this knowledge, it is possible — and increasingly likely — that we can estimate the chances a person will develop a given disease at some point in his life.

Bear in mind, the results are estimates but it should give you a good starting point.

To the point, ur crap formula estimates that I have a 2800 calories BMR, when most BMR calculators won't give me more than 2000.

These calculations for finding your correct caloric intake are quite simplistic and are just estimates to give you a starting point.

Given an enrollment rate of 26 percentage points across the observed cohorts, this estimate implies that state funding for kindergartens essentially eliminated enrollment of African American five - year - olds in Head Start (see Figure 4).

objectives include: Year 6 objectives • solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate • use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to 3 decimal places • convert between miles and kilometres • recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa • recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes • calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles • calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm ³) and cubic metres (m ³), and extending to other units [for example, mm ³ and km ³] • express missing number problems algebraically • find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns • enumerate possibilities of combinations of 2 variables • draw 2 - D shapes using given dimensions and angles • recognise, describe and build simple 3 - D shapes, including making nets • compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons • illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius • recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles • describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants) • draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane, and reflect them in the axes • interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems • calculate and interpret the mean as an average • read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit • round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy and more!

In short, Strategy 2 generates unambiguous evidence about the existence of peer effects, but the range of estimates is somewhat wide: 0.10 to 0.55 points is a plausible summary of the range, given the various results and known biases.

When asked to give their own estimate, without any hint or help as to what the right answer might be, those surveyed came up with an even more pessimistic estimate of 66 percent, 9 percentage points below actual levels.

You might give the student whose estimate is closest to the actual number a «free night of homework» pass or a certificate good for 10 points on the next quiz or test.

For individuals who exit the work force prior to a given age of separation, their estimated pension benefit and cumulative earnings are simply the relevant values discounted to that point in time.

A points system is often used to give a high - level estimate of the scale or size of a specific task.

Meanwhile, teachers would give much greater (+1.7 points) emphasis to the arts than the 3.6 level teachers estimate it is now getting.

The police estimated that he was doing upwards of 180 mph during the chase and by the looks of the helicopter camera, his tires gave way at some point and he was shooting sparks from the rims — a tribute to that wonderful Quattro AWD system, if I may add.

While ICv2's 2009 White Paper gave a 1/2 to 1 million dollar sales estimate, 2010's number pointed towards a market of $ 6 to 8 million.

Howey's survey estimates that KU borrows alone are generating 14 % of all daily author earnings on Amazon, but also points out that authors are giving up income from other outlets, which must be taken into account and could mean a fall in earning potential.

Given we estimate the value of a TrueBlue point to be $ 0.012, all of this translates to a rewards rate that varies between roughly 1.3 % and 7.9 %.

However, TD's online estimates give users a more detailed picture of how mortgage points and lender credits can affect the costs of a home loan.

Given our $ 0.012 - point valuation, we estimate this bonus to be worth $ 600.

Given the average value of a Club Carlson point, our estimates put the value of these ongoing bonuses at $ 200 and $ 125, respectively.

Since the college calculator estimate gives you only a starting point or rough savings target, it's always good to have a more robust college savings and planning discussion with your financial advisor.

Given our $ 0.006 - per - point estimate, the 80,000 points counts towards roughly $ 480 in Marriott bookings.

When looking at our model families, we estimate the number of reward points based off their bonus categories, as well as everything else they spend in a given year.

When looking at our model families, we estimate the number of reward points based off their bonus categories, as well as everything else they spend in a given year.

But Thompson pointed out that the population of the region has declined dramatically in recent years, as has corporate giving, and that even the estimated $ 40 million the Rockwells alone might realize would not fill the hole the museum had dug itself into.

Given a spatially and temporally sparse set of point measurements of the behavior of a complex but well understood system, the best way to estimate the overall system behavior is arguably to build a robust model of its physics and train that over time to reproduce the measurement field.

As a final step, after all station records within 1200 km of a given grid point have been averaged, we subtract the 1951 - 1980 mean temperature for the grid point to obtain the estimated temperature anomaly time series of that grid point.

The question is, given that datum point (the bronze age river) and being able to estimate from river flows, etc. the likely distance to the sea, what sea level rise would you propose for the Bronze Age in the Eastern UK?

While it is true that there are a host of different things that make up any given individual error estimate at any single point, that does not free us from the constraint imposed by the number of measurements.

The smaller the grid boxes, the better the average temperature of the box will reflect the actual temperature at any given point, leading to a more accurate estimate global temperature when you add them all together.

Essenhigh (2009) points out that the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) in their first report (Houghton et al., 1990) gives an atmospheric CO2 residence time (lifetime) of 50 - 200 years [as a «rough estimate»].

Given the uncertainty in the sst datasets, I can't see any way to pin down non-linearity in the zero - point estimate.

Various way can be used to estimate the weightings given each in scaling up to give an estimate of average temp across a region, the simplest being some form of weighting based on the extent each point is deemed to be representative of the region.

This coincides with post-1970s global warming, as expected, given point 1: «New estimate of the current rate of sea level rise from a sea level budget approach» «Recent global sea level acceleration started over 200 years ago?»

The only thing I find noteworthy is that it further reinforces the point that there is no scientific consensus on a best estimate for equilibrium climate sensitivity, which is entirely in agreement with the IPCC's statement in AR5 WG1 SPM: «No best estimate for equilibrium climate sensitivity can now be given because of a lack of agreement on values across assessed lines of evidence and studies.»

Judith, Could you help point to an article or abstract on accuracy of current global temperature estimates given uncertainties in Arctic, Anarctic, Africa, Asia, South Atlantic ocean and pacific ocean?

More significantly, perhaps, those who had seen an ad with a specific percentage gave estimates about 13 points higher than those who read the one stating there was agreement among «an overwhelming majority» of experts.

For those who did not give a first - guess estimate, their final answer was 81 percent — seven points lower.

But it does give an estimate, and a jumping off point for comparison.

And if the estimates are made from monthly data, then a century of observations gives us only 1200 data points.

It's not so much finding the fog shrouded edge of an actuall cliff as it is a best estimate deemed practical given socio - political atmospherics; like a line with a target point on it tossed artfully out along a variably striking slope by a skilled Master of Climate Ceremonies.

According to the International Labour Organization's 2012 Global Estimate of Forced Labour, there were an estimated 20.9 million people in forced labor around the world at any given point between 2002 and 2012.