In that light, the propensity for a job acquisition would be significantly
higher than any of his peers with just a degree.
A 2009 MIT - Harvard study, under the direction of Thomas Kane of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, found that «achievement gains among Boston charter school students were significantly
higher than those of their peers in either BPS or pilot schools, especially in math.»
The scale scores of low - income students in DCPS are
higher than those of their peers in only Detroit and Cleveland (the two lowest - performing cities across the board), and they saw no statistically significant gains.
For example, an elementary school student who read for a half - hour every day (and answered quiz questions correctly) tended to post a reading achievement growth rate that was 86 percent
higher than that of his peers.
Not exact matches
While that's
higher than peers such as Nikon and Canon, which have sales multiples closer to 1, it's still quite low compared to the valuations
of other companies in the tech world.
One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public
high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age
of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent
than their
peers.
Women are also taking longer to pay off student debt, according to a report completed this year by the American Association
of University Women, despite being more likely to enroll and earning
higher grades
than most
of their male
peers.
All propagation -
of - the - species imperatives aside, research suggests that women with children demonstrate
higher productivity over the course
of their careers
than their childless
peers.
And its ratio
of operating costs to sales is now
higher than all
of CP's North American
peers.
While many do have slightly
higher expense ratios
than their developed - market
peers — a reflection
of the
higher cost
of investing in these markets — that is not always the case.
The horrifying mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
High School offered yet another tragic reminder
of America's gun problem: The US has much more firearm violence
than its developed
peers.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth have a 120 %
higher risk
of homelessness
than their straight
peers.
He noted that the firm operated with a
higher tax rate
than some
peers — it had got more US - centric over time rather
than less, largely because
of its presence in wealth management, which he reckoned was now about 98 % US - focused after the firm sold its European business in 2013.
Fanuc's capex as a proportion
of sales is far
higher than its
peers.
Cash on balance sheets remains three - to - five times
higher than other developed market
peers, and corporate governance reforms are encouraging delivery
of excess capital to shareholders via share buybacks, dividends and acquisitions.
A company capable
of boasting sustained gross profit margins that are materially
higher than its
peers is almost always more efficient, better run, and a safer long - term investment provided the valuation multiple isn't too
high.
Like the other stocks mentioned, the PE
of BMI is relatively
high compared to the S&P at 29.2 but lower
than its
peers.
The only other comment I'd have is that whilst he meets a much
higher standard
of scientific approach
than the snake oil dressed as financial advice elsewhere, the core testing methods used are opaque and (as far as I can tell) not
peer reviewed or made available for scrutiny.
The replacement — a
peer - selected investment model — led to about 36 percent
of Village Capital's investments going to women - led companies, which is significantly
higher than the national average.
If you look at Page 3
of C's Y - 9 performance report, you'll see that C's yield on loans is 2 %
higher than the large bank
peer group, yet the bank has a spread on earning assets half a point lower
than other large banks.
For more
than a week, the students
of Marjory Stoneman Douglas
High School have held the country's attention as they join with
peers across the country to demand a change in America's gun laws.
RenaissanceRe was able to generate an ROE
of about 16.8 % in 2013, comparatively
higher than most
of its
peers.
Peer - to - peer lending can earn you a higher rate of return than a savings account or certificate of deposit — as long as you're care
Peer - to -
peer lending can earn you a higher rate of return than a savings account or certificate of deposit — as long as you're care
peer lending can earn you a
higher rate
of return
than a savings account or certificate
of deposit — as long as you're careful.
«AbbVie's Baa1 rating reflects the blockbuster success
of Humira and the product's good growth outlook, offset by
higher leverage and greater product concentration risk
than pharmaceutical
peers,» says Michael Levesque, analyst at Moody's Investors Service.
Adopted children have
higher rates
of delinquent behavior, learning disorders, and attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder
than their non-adopted
peers.
The Wesleys, raised by a pastor, held ministry in
higher regard
than did most
of their
peers, though even they originally hoped to use Oxford connections to attain comfortable posts.
We now know that, in all socioeconomic groups, children raised outside
of intact two - parent families are significantly more likely
than their
peers to drop out
of high school, end up in prison and experience serious psychological distress.
Arrieta's ceiling turned out to be a lot
higher than most
of his 95 - mph
peers, but he just proves that it's possible for a stuff - monster to turn into an All - Star, not probable.
In particular, tweens who have been a target
of relational aggression have
higher rates
of smoking
than their
peers.
Studies have shown that they are more likely
than their
peers to suffer from mental illness, they have a
higher rate
of truancy and are more likely to engage in anti-social behaviour.
Since boys at
highest risk
of becoming early fathers can be identified from age eight (see below) engaging with such young males in highly specialised programmes early on (to teach basic life skills, address negative
peer influences, promote school success and direct them to alternatives other
than early parenthood) is indicated, in order to reduce sexual risk - taking and early fatherhood (Thornberry et al, 2004)
Analysis Confirms Rice Poses
Higher Risk for IQ Loss from Arsenic Exposure
than Alterative Grains We recently released the results
of one
of our case studies supporting this effort, a robust analysis grounded in
peer reviewed science, which examines the impacts on children's IQ from eating arsenic contaminated rice based foods.
Regarding vitamin D deficiency, consider the following from August 2009: «A whopping 70 percent
of American kids aren't getting enough vitamin D, and such youngsters tend to have
higher blood pressure and lower levels
of good cholesterol
than their
peers, according to two new studies published this week in the journal Pediatrics.
You can rest easy here as well as research again indicates that homeschoolers» scores are typically
higher than that
of their public school
peers.
They may account on some Trump supporters hiding their vote intention because
of peer pressure / embarrassment using historical data, but if
peer pressure is
higher in this election
than in previous elections it is difficult to tune up that effect correctly (how can you measure
peer pressure to adjust your model before the election day?).
A
higher proportion
of life
peers than MPs are women, and significant numbers
of ethnic minority members have been appointed in recent years.
In «From funding agencies to scientific agency: Collective allocation
of science funding as an alternative to
peer review,» the researchers proposed a funding model that they claim would be simpler, cheaper, and fairer
than the traditional funding system, and more amenable to
high - risk research and chance discovery.
For example: regardless
of their gender, the most violent prisoners have
higher levels
of testosterone
than their less violent
peers.
Black, non-Hispanic service members had a rate
of 24.4 new diagnoses
of hypertension per 1,000 person - years (p - yrs), nearly 50 percent
higher than the rates among members
of all the other racial and ethnic groups studied, according to the analysis published in the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a
peer - reviewed journal on illnesses and injuries affecting service members.
A University
of South Florida professor and an international team
of experts have found that older people with
high levels
of a certain type
of cholesterol, known as low - density lipoprotein (LDL - C), live as long, and often longer,
than their
peers with low levels
of this same cholesterol.
Children from low - income families are likely to hear 30 million fewer words
than their
peers from
higher - income families, a deficit that can have far - reaching implications on educational achievement, health and economic status, said Alan Mendelsohn, associate professor
of pediatrics and population health at the New York University School
of Medicine.
In both men's and women's prisons, for example, the most violent inmates have
higher levels
of testosterone
than their less violent
peers.
The risk
of riding with an impaired driver was much
higher for
peer drivers
than for older adult drivers (21 percent vs. 2.4 percent for marijuana, 17 percent vs. 4 percent for alcohol, and 5.4 percent vs. less
than 1 percent for illicit drugs).
For example, the simulated social information revealed that
peer advice more strongly influenced an individual if the knowledge suggested the actual number
of items was
higher than the guesser's initial estimate.
«We found that the odds
of secondhand smoke exposure for never - smoking teens exposed to both parents and
peers who smoke is 23 times
higher than that
of never - smoking teens who don't have smokers often around them,» said Veeranki.
We know this because patients who were given the new - look medication presented
higher hypertension and systolic blood pressure
than either
of their
peers whose medication was unchanged or simply wrapped in a different packaging.
Women with the least - inflammatory diets had lower bone mineral density overall at the start
of the study, but lost less bone
than their
high - inflammation
peers, the researchers found.
Women aged 60 - 70 who are satisfied with their lives have a
higher bone density and they suffer from osteoporosis less frequently
than their unsatisfied
peers, according to a recent study completed at the University
of Eastern Finland.
For those born extremely prematurely (less
than 28 weeks
of gestation) between 1973 and 1986, the researchers found the risk
of retinal detachment was 19 times
higher than peers born at term.
College students who participated in a self - administered intervention prompting them to reflect about their use
of classroom resources had final grades that were
higher than their
peers, according to new findings published in Psychological Science, a journal
of the Association for Psychological Science.