Sentences with phrase «highest point estimate»

The density of humpback whales we observed was the highest point estimate ever reported, much greater than those derived from previous summer surveys in the adjacent Gerlache Strait [33], Western Antarctic Peninsula region [34], or the broader Antarctic [35].

I agree it is troubling to produce a paper with a high point estimate for perinatal death, and claim to have demonstrated safety.

Not exact matches

Some women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut in free time for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.

The 0.3 - percentage - point estimate is slightly higher than most expectations but well below Republicans» assurances.

We expect the tax bill to offer moderate economic stimulus — various estimates suggest it could add 0.3 to 0.4 points to real GDP growth annually — primarily through increased corporate investment in response to the higher after - tax return on investment resulting from the lower 21 % corporate tax rate.

At the time, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, estimated higher oil prices had chopped 0.5 percentage points from growth in the first quarter.

I based my growth expectations on what I think were conservative estimates of consumption growth and the growth in productive investment (with which the reported data is currently consistent, although do not prove my assumptions one way or the other), but I always pointed out that as long as credit growth accelerated, the growth in non-productive investment would remain high, in which case reported GDP would also remain high for much longer.

This, like the high salaries that Dartmouth graduates command — the sixth - highest in the country, according to the most recent estimates — is a point of pride.

According to the minutes of the meeting, a 25 - basis point increase in the bank rate was fully factored in by the markets in the run - up to November's MPC meeting, and the interest - rate curve underlying the November Inflation Report projected interest rates at 1 percent by the end of the three - year forecast period, higher than the recent median estimates of economists polled by Reuters.

The revised data including the financial intermediation service charge suggest a slightly higher debt - servicing ratio over recent years than that indicated by the RBA's earlier estimates, with the revised ratio averaging 1/4 — 1/2 of a percentage point higher over recent quarters.

A friend points out that the rate of attrition of American Jews is much higher than the standard estimates suggest.

«Strong growth in «local food» demand, the market forwhich has expanded from an estimated $ 1 billion to $ 7 billion in 2014, has meant a unique market entry point for indoor farms» higher price - point products, whether this means leafy greens harvested that morning for lunch service or microgreens grown to order for a local supermarket,» the report says.

While marginally profitable in 2009, the EU fleet registered record - high net profits of $ 798 million in 2015 and estimates for 2016 and 2017 point towards further increases in profitability.

S&P + (for years before 2005, I use an estimated version of S&P +, based on points scored and allowed), you have to go back to 1993 to find an IU defense that ranked higher than 50th.

It is remarkable that the UKIP share of the Euro vote was a full 10 points higher than the average of the estimates of the local election vote share (PNS and NEV).

He's cherry - picking his talking points directly from the NRA playbook, which likes to cite that study because it sidesteps one important fact: That 1990s legislation, while it banned high - capacity magazines, grandfathered in an estimated 25 million large - capacity magazines.

High point of the ceremony was the award of honorary degrees and the foundation stone laying of the proposed site for an ultra-modern medical centre which is estimated at five billion Naira.

Stringer estimated that 57 percent of renters with credit history across the city could boost their score by up to 10 points under the program, and 19 percent could see it go up even higher.

Those who watched a demo video 20 times estimated that they would score more points than those who saw the video only once — this high - exposure group also predicted that they would be more likely to hit the bull's - eye and reported that they had learned more technique and improved more after watching the video.

Most people in South Florida, an estimated 54 percent, think global warming is already harming people in the United States, also 6 points higher than the national estimate.

The scientists point out that even their meager estimates are probably on the high side, because roads and other humanmade barriers are likely to reduce how well animals can track to their new ranges.

While fracking has become a focal point in conversations about methane emissions, it certainly appears from this and other studies that in the U.S., fossil fuel extraction activities across the board likely emit higher than inventory estimates.»

The model estimated that lifetime incidence and mortality risks averaged 11 percent to 13 percent lower for every 5 - point higher ADR, which translates to overall differences of 53 percent to 60 percent between the lowest and highest quintiles.

«While the earlier estimate of ± 20 % [Schulz, 2002] is consistent with a solar cycle (the 11 - year sunspot cycle varies in period by ± 14 %), a much higher precision would point more to an orbital cycle.

At one point it was estimated that roughly 70 percent of GameCube owners had Melee in their collection, the highest attach rate for any game on the system.

The contours of this debate suggest a relatively strong consensus around the importance of making new state investments in higher education (or, alternatively, the estimated $ 163 million price tag is so absurdly low that cost hardly seems an issue — a point I discuss further below).

While we estimated that, after one year, African - American students scored 7 percentile points higher on the math portion of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills than their peers in public schools, Barnard reports impacts of 6 percentile points for African - American students from low - performing public schools.

Now, perhaps we should be worried about the six estimates in ELA and seven in math where achievement and high school graduation outcomes pointed in opposite direction.

For a better sense of the magnitude of these estimates, consider a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile and is assigned to a top - quartile teacher as measured by the Overall Classroom Practices score; by the end of the school year, that student, on average, will score about three percentile points higher in reading and about two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

Whether the teacher estimates are a little low, a little high, or even a little more than a little low is not really the point of this exercise: Really, it's about breaking your kid of the habit of wasting time complaining about or delaying homework, rather than just doing it.

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

The range in estimates is again explained by the higher and lower statistical cutoff points we used to determine whether a classroom should be suspected of cheating.

The National Center for Education Statistics, which administers the test, estimates that Maryland's scores were 7 points higher for fourth - grade reading and 5 points higher for eighth - grade reading because of the exclusion.

Last, the red line is a relatively rough cut from the National Center for Education Statistics, which reports that 16 percent of teachers change jobs every year (this estimate is probably too high, but it's another data point to consider).

Examining data on more than 15,000 children born between 1955 and 1985, it found that poor children whose schools were estimated to receive and maintain a 10 percent increase in per - pupil spending (adjusted for inflation) before they began their 12 years of public school were 10 percentage points more likely to complete high school than other poor children.

With regard to attainment, a 10 percentage point increase in a school's overall winning percentages associated with a 1.3 percentage point improvement in its CPI, which is an estimate of its high school graduation rate.

Comparing Noble high schools only to other charter schools and adjusting for other differences in students» background produces an estimated Noble effect of 13 percentage points on college enrollment — a large, significant difference.

Each high school will be provided with a percentile rating of Grade Point Averages for estimating class rank for individual scholarships or military applications that require this information.

At this point in time, the quality of the data available for tracking their progress ranges from rough estimates to moderately precise, with the bulk coming from the non-government National Student Clearinghouse, which matches high school, college, and other identifier records to track students as they progress through higher education.

Teachers are the most important in - school factor for student achievement.97 Indeed, research estimates that teachers have two to three times the effect of any other school factor, such as school services and leadership, on student academic performance.98 An oft - cited study underscores the scope of this effect, finding that students with three consecutive high - performing teachers scored approximately 50 percentile points higher than students placed with three consecutive low - performing teachers.99

The study estimates the impact of overturning a state's school finance system and finds that, seven years after reform, a state's highest poverty quartile experienced a 4 to 12 percent increase in per pupil spending and a 5 to 8 percentage point increase in graduation rates.

GM's retail sales in March were up 14 percent year over year, and the company's estimated retail market share was 17.7 percent — the highest since 2009 — driven by a 0.7 percentage point gain by Chevrolet.

While the Outlander Sport has a lower starting price point and higher fuel economy estimates, the Jeep Wrangler offers more power, off - road capabilities, comfort and convenience features for passengers to enjoy, making it the better option for consumers overall.

While the Escape has more cargo space, the Renegade has a lower price point, higher fuel economy estimates and more convenience features, making it the better option for shoppers overall.

Assuming what people thinks makes any difference — I've seen estimates that this thing may have cost Amazon something like 5 - 10 % of book sales among certain demographics who don't like what Amazon is doing, which is not nothing, if not exactly crippling — if Hachette is standing on the «we care about authors» moral high ground, Amazon is pretty much duty bound to point out why they are the ones who should be viewed as the Author's Friend.

Iowa Student Loan provides this interactive resource to help you make more informed decisions about higher education by estimating your total out - of - pocket expense for a college degree from this point forward, and the amount you and your family may need to borrow to pay for it, based on information provided in your college's award packet.

The high number of recession - era mortgage defaults has seriously depleted FHA reserves, to the point that analysts estimate it has only 0.5 % left.

In order to prevent inflationary impact from this level of monetary base (that is, to prevent base money from becoming a «hot potato» that nobody is willing to hold), we estimate that 3 - month Treasury bill yields will have to be sustained no higher than a few basis points until the Fed reverses course.

By our estimates, the market might need to offer some 15 basis points (front end) to 50 basis points (long end) in higher yield to compensate for the reduced tax benefit.

When you take the effect of points into account, Citi's online mortgage estimates present slightly higher rates and fees than similar products at other lenders.