ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- New York lawmakers pressed top state education officials Tuesday to clarify how school districts can
handle uncertainties in state aid levels and dissatisfaction over student assessments.
Having taken us to task for somehow not properly
handling the uncertainties in climate science — an error we did not commit, as I document above — he then proceeds to offer a horrifically misleading summary of what the IPCC actually found about the achievability and cost of meeting the 2 degree goal.
by Judith Curry Later this week, the Royal Society is hosting a Workshop on
Handling Uncertainty in Weather and Climate Prediction, With Application to Health, Agronomy, Hydrology, Energy and Economics.
This meeting follows on from the 2010 Anniversary Discussion Meeting on «
Handling Uncertainty in Science» but with a focus on weather and climate prediction and downstream applications.
My guess is that WUWT folks, including Ron Cram, are misrepresenting the discussion at this March 2010 meeting entitled
handling uncertainty in science:
In Sect. 2, we describe the model ensembles and the application of the rank histogram approach, including a description of the statistical method used to define the reliability of model ensembles from the rank histogram, and a method for
handling uncertainties in the observations.
Statistical methods are needed to
handle uncertainties in the measurement.
Not exact matches
LONDON, Nov 1 - European shares rose on Thursday, bolstered by relatively robust earnings reports despite economic weakness, while the euro was flat as
uncertainty over how the euro zone will
handle crises
in Spain and Greece dragged on.
Because of the
uncertainties in the marketplace — and the very real threats to many companies» survival — many, many leaders see the concept of «culture» and the tasks of defining and managing it as luxuries that only get attention once more concrete and easier - to - measure objectives are
handled.
Since we trade
in an environment of
uncertainty how we
handle the potential price action at the right hand side of the chart is what...
The best way,
in my opinion, to
handle this
uncertainty is to practice solid, fundamental investing principles.
Christians who love the wrestling and the journey of faith may feel like they have a
handle on their doubt — but
in our efforts to be sincere, have we made an idol of
uncertainty?
The statement reads: «The
handling of the situation relating to President Buhari's health has led to a lot of political
uncertainty in the country.
J. Klabbers, J.P. van der Sluijs and R. Ybema,
Handling uncertainties of global climate change: mapping the policy / science interface,
in: Milieu - Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol 13, 5, 1998, p. 286 - 296.
Adams
handles every moment with skill and aplomb — no more so than
in the scene at the baby shower,
in which she is required to portray social
uncertainty and lack of confidence developing into belief
in her worth and (for the first time
in years) hope for her future.
Last month our most popular finance tips were finding your missing money, putting money
in a 401k and an IRA at the same time, using credit cards strategically, college money myths, a $ 25 bonus for college students,
handling stock market
uncertainty, and a $ 100 PenFed bonus.
They are very stressed out
in trading due to not understanding the nature of trading itself or just can not
handle the
uncertainty or risk.
The best commentary came from John Nielsen - Gammon's new blog where he described very clearly how the
uncertainties in data — both the known unknowns and unknown unknowns — get
handled in practice (read that and then come back).
This range reflects both
uncertainties in physical understanding and inaccuracies arising from the need to reduce the mathematical problem to one that can be
handled by even the fastest available electronic computers.
I think the question of what to do from a policy point of view, to mitigate risk
in a situation of uncertain degree of
uncertainty, is extremely problematic and far too subtle to expect any government to
handle it well.
I have not witnessed any basic change
in «personality», but possibly only an awareness that something is not as it should be with the IPCC process and its
handling of
uncertainty.
Perhaps experts
in handling uncertainty such as the people who wrote the paper referred to
in Judith's Italian Flag posts, and experts such as Jeroen van der Sluijs could offer something more concrete
in the way of a proposal tailored specifically to this issue?
I think that
in order to get a
handle on the
uncertainties we need multiple, independent, well - thought - out assessments of both the coverage
uncertainty and the systematic error
uncertainty.
There are many other tests that can be used to estimate the
uncertainty that remains
in the final results after statistical
handling has been completed.
The hitherto unchallengeable IPCC — the body that produces the «scientific consensus» — has announced
in the wake of criticism that the teams constructing its next report will take «guidance» on the inclusion of non-peer-reviewed literature, the way it
handles uncertainty, and its error - checking.
As it is now the matter of
uncertainty of the projections is
handled in an absurd way by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
I don't like the way
uncertainties are
handled in WG1.
Policy analysis and implementation will be extremely challenging given the nonconvexities
in the human - environment system (109) that will be enhanced by tipping elements, as well as the need to
handle intergenerational justice and interpersonal equity over long periods and under conditions of
uncertainty (110).
There is a lot of
uncertainty in the records that does not seem to be
handled properly.
A highly multi-disciplinary meeting discussing how scientists from a range of disciplines
handle the issue of
uncertainty in their area of specialisation: i.e. how
uncertainty can be characterised, estimated, predicted and communicated.
Thus, the
handling of
uncertainty in science is central to its support of sound policy - making.
«Comparisons of global steric height trends based on different gridded fields of Argo
in situ measurements show a range of 0 — 1mm / yr which can be lead back to data
handling and climatology
uncertainties.
My view is that the IPCC procedures of
handling uncertainty are very much influenced by the fact that the authors have had the decision making and more specifically the precautionary principle
in the back of their mind.
In UKCIP08, for example, we are handling this problem by combining results from two different types of ensemble data: One is a systematic sampling of the uncertainties in a single model, obtained by changing uncertain parameters that control the climate system; the other is a multi-model ensemble obtained by pooling results from alternative models developed at different international center
In UKCIP08, for example, we are
handling this problem by combining results from two different types of ensemble data: One is a systematic sampling of the
uncertainties in a single model, obtained by changing uncertain parameters that control the climate system; the other is a multi-model ensemble obtained by pooling results from alternative models developed at different international center
in a single model, obtained by changing uncertain parameters that control the climate system; the other is a multi-model ensemble obtained by pooling results from alternative models developed at different international centers.
a. Prenuptial agreements will be far more expensive than would otherwise be the case because lawyers will need to analyze the parties» current and prospective circumstances
in order to be able to provide any kind of useful advice, and will need to draft contracts with loose terms and enormous disclaimers
in order to
handle such
uncertainty.
Handling an exploding job offer introduces a lot of
uncertainty in the hiring process, especially if you'd rather work at another company.
Although the new arrival is a wonderful addition to the unit, the child arrives to parents working through exhaustion, anxiety, and general
uncertainties about how to
handle the new responsibility they face
in life.