Sentences with phrase «got skewed»

But the meaning got skewed along the way - instead of a symbol of love, the ring became more of a claim of ownership.

Most research is done on people in a treatment program, so by definition you've already got a skewed population.

When people read old testament stories they do not research them or pray about them but see them as page value, this is wrong and we get a skewed picture of Yahweh.

If it's anything else, it tends to get skewed.

All indications are that Cyborg is actually a really good person... but I think that her narrative gets skewed just a little bit by translation in English social media.

Scoring happens so infrequently in soccer that short - term wins, losses, and ties often get skewed by randomness.

In fact, while some brands of tests on the market today promise that they can give accurate results even before a missed period, it is still very possible to get skewed readings that early.

Now, in proof - of - concept experiments with «joysticks» that measure force, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists report evidence that the slowdown likely arises from the brain's «cost / benefit analysis,» which gets skewed by the loss of dopamine in people with PD.

When you look at a traditional family photo album, you get a skewed sense of what that family's real life is like.

This ability gets skewed by the chemicals in the food system, but it comes back quickly to kids.

So, you're getting a skewed look at the world of dating sites: limited only to the sites that pay out, and with sites rated according to how lucrative the arrangement is for Top 10.

«When I read the piece, what I was most proud of and most interested in was this very nuanced and deep discussion about female identity,» she explains, «especially how female identity gets skewed by history in terms of its interpretation and its understanding.»

History gets skewed, however, as Kyle arrives in an already - altered 1984 in which Miss Connor is a far - from - fragile machine killer who's been protected since childhood by a T - 800 she calls «Pops» (Ahnold).

But I have no way in which to know for sure... I get a skewed sample because I teach courses in this area.

«We get a skewed view of how the country is doing from the politicians and media,» Herbert said.

The Amazon Fire phone is getting skewed heavily in the smartphone world and the average rating on the main Amazon website is a paltry two out of five stars.

ComiXology's chart gets skewed by a giveaway, Kindle and Nook remain about the same as always, and zombies begin to take over the iBookstore.

And that's without a reduced ebook sale — if / when my publisher gives me a $ 1.99 week the % can get skewed.

The «one allonym per series» is important, and our reason may pique your interest as we find our Kindle sales numbers get skewed by author name.

but when you add in this so - called «discount» into the equation, the numbers get skewed and are not realistic.

So we don't want to disadvantage the investor by looking at a metric that can get skewed, depending upon tax treatment and so on.

Just be careful; the results can sometimes get skewed if your practice shares keywords or phrasing with another clinic.

It's tense times... things get skewed... mind wonders.

For playtime median is more useful, as average gets skewed by hardcore players for paid games and people that dropped the game after tutorial for free - to - play games.

By only giving the most catastrophist of possible outcomes, though, and by largely glossing over the complex politics and social arrangements that underpin the problem and are at the heart of effective response, we get a skewed sense of what climate change really is.

[a little added clarity after having «slept on it»... If the REAL numbers from 1940 to 1960 go from 300 ppm to 315 ppm, then the numbers early on get skewed upward (but progressively less so as time goes on) by smoothing.

Those who cross the finish line may collectively have the same speed distribution as the full set that departed (as it departed) since the slower runners didn't ever make it and thus the distribution of the «winners» gets skewed back up to where it was when they started (as part of the larger set).

Likewise, if you have more than one credit card, use them judiciously; never use one exclusively and neglect another, or your credit utilization ratio could get skewed.

Discuss arguments with friends and family to ensure that your perspective does not get skewed and you have consistent access to outside support.

Not exact matches

The report from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center (TPC) found that while Americans at all income levels would, on average, get a tax cut form the final version of the tax bill, the benefit would be skewed towards people at the upper range of income earners.

Of late this has been, I believe, seriously skewing the data since stocks have been rising and fixed income is getting killed.

It's a reflection of virtually any human interaction, in a way, though a slightly skewed one: The loudest voices aren't always the most popular ones, but they're the ones that most often get heard.

These mental shortcuts may let us make quick decisions, but this oversimplification often skews our perception and gets in the way of calm, rational thinking.

We have bones and cartilage, which can skew the bullet's path, sending it into a tailspin that could cause it to break apart and get lodged in different spaces, further complicating the severity of the wound.

In a lot of cases, this is seen as a way to ensure we are getting the truth of the moment versus a watered down, edited, or skewed version of it.

«They either need to be a super high - end experience that's boutique and niche... or they actually have to be for sure the cheapest, have a great online and offline experience, and actually get the manufacturers to give them lots of skews that no one else can get.»

«If you get that many people out to the polls, it's going to bend the turnout curve and skew dramatically to a Democratic candidate.»

Lawyers, doctors, and people getting finances / business / engineering degrees at top notch schools skew the average debt ratios.

Incorporating three metrics is a balanced and robust approach: While country - adjusted and industry - adjusted returns risk being skewed toward smaller companies (it's easier to get large returns if you start from a small base), the change in market capitalization is skewed toward larger companies.

Their business model is skewed against privacy — privacy gets in the way of advertising and so profit.

http://cepr.net/blogs/cepr-blog/we-need-more-quitters We remind our readers too of the strange excitement over wages, going up 1 %, skewed to the higher income earners, you reported the bottom 80 % actually only got.

Like the old grade school game of «pass on the secret» through a line of children, the more people passing on information the more skewed the message gets and information lost.

Get resources to help answer questions and avoid common pitfalls that could skew the results of your program evaluations or research studies.

Looking back through history, whenever value stocks have gotten this cheap, subsequent long - term returns have generally been strong.3 From current depressed valuation levels, value stocks have in the past, on average, doubled over the next five years.4 Not that we necessarily expect returns of this magnitude this time around, but based on the data and our six decades of experience investing through various market cycles, we believe the current risk / reward proposition is heavily skewed in favor of long - term value investors.

All the good works done by religious organizations of all kinds (Christian and otherwise) might get a mention in a human interest story sometimes, but decades of this media treatment have skewed public perceptions of what faith is about.

How skewed would your ideas about wealth be if that was how you got your allowance?

Just remember, no matter where you get your news from about the middle East, it's skewed, and you can't always apply western logic to an Eastern culture.

Good example of how skewed the % can get without added fat.

(Sleep can get a little skewed during marathons, but that's OK.)

But since the Tigers and Sooners are flipping a coin to see who gets Bama, that skews the odds in favor of a fourth title for Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa.