Sentences with phrase «kind of metric»

The idea behind such a coin is simple: we create a cryptocurrency that uses some kind of metric to track demand for the coin, which will trigger an automatic increase or decrease in the coin's supply.

I don't think the kind of metric discussed above, involving CO2 and SST in terms of a lead / lag relationship is practical, given the actual climate record.

What kind of metric for teacher value will be attached to our authentic forms of assessment?

The idea behind such a coin is simple: we create a cryptocurrency that uses some kind of metric to track demand for the coin, which will trigger an automatic increase or decrease in the coin's supply.

Late - stage Boomers born in the early 1960s score lower in all kinds of metrics.

«The quota has to be realistic, achievable, and based on some kind of metrics.»

Emphasize the kind of metrics — sales, costs of sales, expenses, leads, presentations, calls, units, prospects, whatever — that will lead to useful plan reviews each month.

«What kind of metrics must eHarmony have shown the VCs to get $ 110 million?»

In a course, we can apply similar kinds of metrics to quantify impact, and include these data in generating a participation profile.

Although they do not always lend themselves to the kinds of metrics used to demonstrate proficiency in reading and math, the arts and humanities play a vital role in the educational development of students.

And you can see how they vary across countries on these kinds of metrics.

The only company that releases any kind of metrics at all is the Australian Publishers Association, but they do not publicly divulge sales figures.

An over-leveraged & dying company might deserve those kind of metrics... certainly not a company like Zamano, which enjoys a robust business & a bullet - proof balance sheet.

These are the kinds of metrics that make it possible to define the energy and environmental performances of solar and fossil fuels.

In addition, they can't provide the kinds of metrics and key performance indicators needed to control costs and effectively manage ongoing matters.

It is waterproof, and it allows you to track your swimming — and with the new Speedo On app, you can track all kinds of metrics about your swimming.

Not exact matches

That top - line number, 500,000 users, is kind of a vanity metric in some ways.

Impact consists of the combination of those two things as a new kind of all - in - one metric.

The metric tells him what kind of money a company would get if it were acquired.

Making this kind of shift is easier said than done, and Huffington is the first to admit that she herself has struggled with prioritizing her health over traditional metrics of success.

In the United States last year, close to 20 percent of private - sector employees owned stock, and 7 percent held stock options, in the companies where they worked, while about one - third participated in some kind of cash profit - sharing and one - fourth in gain - sharing (when workers get additional compensation based on improvement on a metric other than profits, like sales or customer satisfaction).

Is it worth spending that kind of money on a vanity metric?

«Quizzes tend to have a very strong metric around getting people to share them, especially when there's some kind of reveal.»

@Danica, I'm not sure if the metric is valid, but it irks me that you'd feel you had to resort to some kind of straw poll measure to have to prove your point with any authority — the feeling is a symptom that underscores the truth of your point.

Harvard attends to that kind of merit, not the older metrics of WASP pedigree.

I have a set of metric measuring cups and use the 250 ml one, it doesn't seem to make much difference in this kind of cooking.

I use the metric system too; so the US metric has me all kind of stress.

In the U.S., where Weir pocketed $ 50,000 for winning November's PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament at La Quinta, Calif., the skinny lefthander — he's 5» 9» and 155 pounds — evokes the kind of inattention usually reserved for the metric system.

I'm just saying that there are other ways to look at trends towards the spectrum of «natural» childbirth and rearing options than as being motivated some kind of personal achievement metric.

1.2) Neocolonialism, reasonable version - some kind of aggregate metric including not only language, but also:

This kind of efficiency could reduce GHG emissions in the U.S. alone «in the neighborhood of 300 million metric tons on an annual basis,» McCarl says, «principally from burning biofuels for electricity and [from] forest management.»

I think that's kind of the — the overall metric.

«What serves me is paying attention to the kind of work I want to do now, having a very strong, frank, candid metric for evaluating my own work.

So once again with THE HOBBIT we're in a scenario of discussing a movie that is going to make a metric pantload of money as being some kind of a «disappointment.»

The second company, EDUmetrika, is working with a school to develop a new kind of school information system that emphasizes the use of data — metrics and key performance indicators — to help with decision - making.

What kind of story does each of these metrics tell?

There are also whole libraries of research on what kind of «standards» to develop and maintain, against which scores (and other metrics) might be graded.

The metric created by Value - Added Research Center, a nonprofit housed at the University of Wisconsin's education department, is a new kind of report card that attempts to gauge how much of students» growth on tests is attributable to the teacher.

The One: 1, featuring one metric horsepower (1360PS, or 1341bhp) for every kilo it weighs, is a whole new kind of fast.

It's under the hood where the engineers let themselves loose: tweaking ECUs, adding superchargers, and doing all kinds of stuff to achieve crazy levels of power with V - 8s and V - 12s - even showing a bit of German humor by giving the cars precisely 777, 808, or 888 PS (those crazy Euros and their metric systems).

Perhaps the fact that I am an engineer caused me to need a measurable metric but we had to have some kind of filter.

This allows the doctors to start the right treatments sooner, and decreases all kinds of critical metrics: mortality, length of stay, and total cost of treatment.

There's nothing in any of the credit scoring metrics that rewards debt, and some kinds can actually damage your score.

If you prefer some pie - in - the - sky, just look back to peak figures and estimate a potential valuation if that kind of performance can ever be revisited... Vs. the relevant Peak metrics, Richland currently trades at a 1.8 P / E, a 0.4 P / S, and a Dividend Yield of 66 %!

Really, how many more ways can I tell you this is one shitty joke of a deal... Hmm, judging by the metrics, maybe management thinks they're buying some kind of mediocre Midwestern supermarket chain?!

The reason you get good results when you take it from the top instead of the bottom is because you're missing out on any special items that aren't necessarily a part of the operating business and moreover, if you use that metric you're selecting the kind of companies that enable a large acquirer to take over, so they perform quite well.

One can also look back to peak figures and speculate on a potential valuation if that kind of performance can ever be revisited... Versus the relevant Peak metrics, Richland currently trades at a 2.2 P / E, a 0.5 P / S, and a Dividend Yield of 54 %!

All of the science metrics aside, the Senesto Flea Collar is designed for the kind of person who craves a slice of convenience when it comes to pet ownership.

In terms of metrics performance Alexa and Moz (formerly SEOmoz) have not been kind to us travel bloggers.

This framework of course was a conceptual pillar of the Kyoto process, is being used in California, and is the metric that we should continue to use to evaluate these kinds of scenarios.