Sentences with phrase «income as the yardstick»

Using income as the yardstick, not a specific number of sales, is essential: Publishers might otherwise be able to game the clause by offering one - cent e-books the way they've gamed existing clauses by using e-books and print - on - demand..

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When we adjusted the gains made by students in each school to take into account a wide variety of individual and peer - group background characteristics, such as ethnicity, English language - learner status, family income, and student mobility rates, the yardstick's performance actually worsened.

Hypothetical retirement income is expressed in index points, and can be used as a yardstick for systematic withdrawal strategies — expanding the role of S&P STRIDE from wealth accumulation benchmark to decumulation benchmark.

By using the S&P STRIDE indices as a benchmark, those who adopt retirement income provisions into an IPS receive an appropriate yardstick against which they can gauge their progress.

A yardstick known as the debt - to - income (DTI) ratio helps lenders decide how much additional debt a veteran can handle.