Sentences with phrase «making certain assumptions»

This is more or less making certain assumptions about the partial derivatives of e.g. «global average temperature» with respect to all sorts of stuff that are almost certainly untrue and are very likely not even true enough to be a reasonable short term approximation (the separability).

All of us go through life making certain assumptions about our existence.

The training we receive in the scientific method and model construction habituates us to making certain assumptions about who we are and how we relate to nature.

In projecting membership revenues, we had to make certain assumptions regarding the types of memberships you will sell in your center and the prices you will charge for each type of membership.

You can't assume the same unspoken values, you can't even speak in the same language because it makes certain assumptions about how terms are going to be interpreted.

We've made certain assumptions based on our experience of custom eLearning design projects over the last 15 years and welcome the opportunity to field any of your questions.

One would have to make certain assumptions regarding how optical devices would affect the behavior of light.

For example, in order to test the prediction that light from a distant star would be «bent» by the gravitational field of the sun, one had to make certain assumptions regarding the behavior of light — namely, that it takes the «straightest» path between any two points.

The raw data is messy and partially corrupted, it's an achievement to get * anything at all * out of it, and if you have to make certain assumptions and adjustments and fudges to get there, that's just inevitable.

«but the models make certain assumptions and also are fitted to the historical temperature record.

He made certain assumptions about facts which are at the heart of the conflict, namely the location of Chevron's head office, its places of business and the connection between Chevron and Chevron Canada.

You just miss seeing them because you make certain assumptions based on what you've heard or how you have been conditioned.

If there were limits put on his scope of expertise, if he was asked to make certain assumptions or set in a certain direction in his retainer agreement, that can affect the validity of his result and his credibility.»

They may have been asked to make certain assumptions that are not correct, he says.

And remember that humans can make certain assumptions that computers can't.

The amount of money you get depends on several factors and is based on a calculation that makes certain assumptions about how long the loan will last.

Not exact matches

The forward - looking information is based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the management of VirtualArmour.

Lenders assume that self - employed borrowers in certain occupations are under - reporting, in other words, and plug this assumption into their decision - making processes.

Examples of forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding the Company's plans, assumptions, expectations, beliefs and objectives with respect to store openings and closings; product introductions; sales; sales growth; sales trends; store traffic; retail prices; gross margin; operating margin; expenses; interest and other expenses, net; effective income tax rate; net earnings and net earnings per share; share count; inventories; capital expenditures; cash flow; liquidity; currency translation; growth opportunities; litigation outcomes and recovery related thereto; the collectability of amounts due under financing arrangements with diamond mining and exploration companies; and certain ongoing or planned product, marketing, retail, manufacturing, information systems development, upgrades and replacement, and other operational and strategic initiatives.

There will be much to discuss in the coming days and months, including how to make contracts safer, how to incorporate fail safe mechanisms, whether the manner the decision was made can be improved, how to assure businesses they can be certain of immutability based on the assumption 51 % are honest actors and much more.

The assumption there has been that companies have been making decisions under certain expectations.

Given the need to make a whole lot of assumptions and my lack of confidence in my own forecasting abilities, I tend to use the DCF more as a tool to figure out what the market is implying the cash flows to be in the future assuming a certain discount rate and terminal growth.

In making the forward - looking statements in this release, the Company has applied certain factors and assumptions that are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company, including that all conditions to the closing of the Transactions will be satisfied, including receipt of all required approvals, and the Transactions will complete on the terms set out in the APA and the SPA, the acquisition of the NODE40 Business will have the benefits to the Company anticipated by management, the 5,000 Rigs will be successfully ordered and delivered, the 5,000 Rigs will perform as expected by management and the timing, installation and performance of the 770 Rigs will be consistent with management's expectations.

I think that the assumptions that certain segments of the Christian community makes that justifies the use of these methods are in error.

To assume that a LGBTQ person is living in a certain way, including engaging in certain sexual activities based on the fact that they are LGBTQ reveals a significant knowledge gap on the part of those who make such assumptions.

No theological statement can be made without certain assumptions, and these assumptions are in most cases legitimately subject to examination from a philosophical standpoint outside the theological circle.

In what follows I will show that the first assumption is clearly wrong and that the second assumption glosses over certain important distinctions Whitehead made about his doctrine of ingression.

At the heart of this transformation lie certain assumptions concerning Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, specifically whether and to what extent that section incorporated the Bill of Rights and made it applicable against the states.

God A comprehensive guide Share Facebook 2,861 Twitter 0 Let's be honest, when someone tells you what their favorite Bible translation is, you fairly or unfairly make certain immediate assumptions...

The question is not whether the idea of God's goodness can be made consistent with the evil in the world granted certain other assumptions such as God's finitude.

«While one may give credence to the saying that leaders are born, not made, one must also concede to the fact that leadership in a modern society requires a certain degree of preparation and orientation before the assumption of that role.

What assumptions do we make when using the less certain techniques?

Even if you have a friend of a certain background that doesn't mind racial ribbing, don't make assumptions that your date will feel the same way.

While I can't say for certain that Affleck eschewed solo recognition in order to award the ensemble, more than one person has made that assumption.

The only major downside is that those watching the film have to maintain diligent attention, as well as make some educated assumptions, into just what's going on during certain scenes, as it seems that Gaghan, perhaps because the film needed to be trimmed a bit for brevity, doesn't always give us enough information to know everyone's proper motivations.

However, MOOCs make a key assumption that the students enrolling in these courses have a certain degree of motivation and are reasonably adept self - starters as learners.

There's a perception within certain academic circles that adherence to tradition is what makes the institution of education great, and ideological cross-pollination between high - tech startups and higher education is an exercise in futility, but is this based on experience or assumption?

She wants to know not only what assumptions the students started with and what decisions they have made, but also why they are using certain strategies and what they might do differently.

I set up a factor model that, under certain assumptions, makes this feasible.

Just make certain that it's a niche you're comfortable discussing and that you can support your assumptions with facts and stats.

It's a model that seems certain to make us question assumptions about how we organize classrooms and schools.

The political argument for involving parents and other community members more substantially carries along with it an explicit challenge to the traditional, hierarchical leadership and power structures in schools.156 According to Leithwood and Prestine (2002), the policies and reforms that call for decentralized decision making rest on certain important assumptions about the role of the principal and other school leaders.

And to a certain extent, that's true: flexible designs make no assumptions about a browser window's width, and adapt beautifully to devices that have portrait and landscape modes.

This press release contains certain forward - looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and information relating to Barnes & Noble that are based on the beliefs of the management of Barnes & Noble as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the management of Barnes & Noble.

Given the need to make a whole lot of assumptions and my lack of confidence in my own forecasting abilities, I tend to use the DCF more as a tool to figure out what the market is implying the cash flows to be in the future assuming a certain discount rate and terminal growth.

While all three major banks offer an APR estimate through their online mortgage tool, their fees and rates carried certain best - case assumptions about the borrower that make it difficult to identify the most affordable mortgage provider.

Depending on where you think the ETF will go, you can make a reasonable assumption, and pick a certain strike price on the ETF.

This brought a certain sense of complacency amongst some pension actuarial consultants and regulators, making it seem reasonable to use optimistic economic assumptions to calculate the present value of future pension liabilities.

This example clearly isn't perfect since certain assumptions are made due to rebalancing in the indexed portfolio.

Certain assumptions have been made for modeling purposes and are unlikely to be realized.