Where multiple measures (eg, biochemical and self - reported smoking status) for the same outcome are reported,
the most objective measure of outcome will be used.
From a climatologist's point of view, PDI is about
the most objective measure of a storm's overall strength one could possibly devise, yet the same number lacks any meaning to an economist who's looking at the financial cost.
Both accelerate, so there is no dispute there, Satellite is
the most objective measure of the actual amount of water regardless of what the local coastlines are doing, but the skeptics are having none of that, of course.
I was very proud of the fact that our waterfront corporation has installed what is by
most objective measures a world - leading broadband capacity.
By
most objective measures, it's actually a better car.
By
most objective measures, the Lexus GS is a mighty fine executive sedan.
And even taking its sophisticated drivetrain out of the picture, Volt is still a decent compact car by
most objective measures.
Even taking its sophisticated drivetrain out of the picture, Volt is still a decent compact car by
most objective measures.
However, from a «law firm as businesses» perspective, Jim Collin's Good To Great, provides perhaps some of
the most objective measures of understanding how to get to great and is required reading for entrepreneurs, as well as a top business book lawyers should read.
Not exact matches
The headline
measure is of
most value in charting the direction of change, but even with this
objective it is important to understand whether employment or labour force participation decisions are the drivers.
Moreover, the
measures are focused on long - term
objectives, such as building infrastructure, that in
most cases won't have a real near - term economic impact.
The periods
measured by LPL are within the red rectangles while the black rectangles cover the periods I find
most relevant for a complete,
objective and realistic analysis.
While the media are busy throwing tantrums and doing their best to spin it in the
most negative way, I prefer an
objective and
measured analysis.
By
most objective statistical
measures he
measures quite poorly among his peers.
Dr McKay added that previous studies had only compared the decisions of delusion - prone and non-delusion-prone people to each other rather than to an
objective measure of performance: «Surprisingly, our study also found that even low delusion - prone people jumped to conclusions — so
most people jump to conclusions, but delusion - prone people jump further.»
Objective measures such as patient survival and safety data, adequacy of nurse staffing and other data largely determined the rankings in
most specialties.
Dr. Richard Maurer helps us understand what he considers the best,
most objective way to
measure your health and find your sweet spot: blood work.
In today's episode, Dr.Richard Maurer helps us understand what he considers the best,
most objective way to do this and to
measure health: blood work.
Most of the research using
objective measures to evaluate how effective the relaxation response is at countering chronic stress have been conducted in people with hypertension and other forms of heart disease.
Koons is, by the
measure of sales of new work, which is the money - mad art world's only
objective measure, the
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Below is a breakdown of the lesson
objectives: * All students will know the main
measures of an economy *
Most students will have an idea of what the UK economy is currently like * Some students will know how different factors can effect the UK economy The lesson looks at the basics of the following macroeconomic concepts with definition, examples and valid video links: * Inflation * Unemployment * Economic growth * Gross domestic product (GDP) * Balance of payments * Exchange rates The lesson concludes with a nice multiple choice quiz to test students on the lessons theory.
The lesson sets out to answer the following learning
objectives: * All Students will know how inflation levels are
measured *
Most Students will know the different problems caused by inflation * Some Students will know the difference between cost push and demand pull inflation The lesson helps students fully understand the key concepts of inflation and covers the following topics in good detail: * Inflation * Retail Price Index (RPI) * Cost push inflation * Demand pull inflation * Price stability The 2nd lesson then goes on to link key theory to the housing market (a typical exam topic) and how inflation can impact that industry.
It covers reviews,
objective setting, CPD, lesson observations, work scrutiny, learning walks and self - evaluation, and enables us to capture all the data we need to
measure the quality of teaching effectively, focusing resources where they will have the
most impact.
Thousands of schools for African American students across the Jim Crow South were built with the backing of the Rosenwald Fund, one of the earliest and
most important foundations in education; philanthropist Grace Dodge founded Teachers College, now at Columbia University, in 1887, which led to training of teachers in pedagogy; the Ford Foundation was involved in promoting the employment of classroom aides, National Merit Scholarships, and the development of Advanced Placement curricula and tests; the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards grew out of work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York, which also funded the Educational Testing Service to develop
objective ways of
measuring academic merit, which led to the SAT.
This camp claims that tests, as currently administered, are the only fair and «
objective»
measure of progress and should determine all or
most high - stakes decisions.
DB: However one interprets the evaluations of demonstration projects like the Perry Preschool and Abecedarian, the unavoidable conclusion is that the
measured impacts of three national programs that seek to implement their approach — Head Start, Early Head Start, and Even Start — have been tragically «disappointing,» the word used by
most objective observers.
Depending on what's
most important according to the training
objectives, you can use a few or all of the following 5
measures to determine your training ROI.
Advocates contend that test scores offer a more
objective measure of a teacher's performance than
most evaluations currently in place, which rarely consider student progress and rate nearly all teachers as successful.
Objective measures of student learning help lawmakers send taxpayer dollars to the schools and districts in
most need of additional support and resources.
Because the main
objective is to accurately classify teacher performance,
most discussions of
measures of teacher performance focus on validity and reliability.
In a separate executive order, the Governor directed the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to create a $ 10 million teacher incentive program to reward teachers who have the
most impact on student achievement through
objective, quantifiable
measures.
Attempting to maintain support among the very teachers it is supposed to represent — and looking to show that it cares about elevating the teaching profession it debases through its defense of quality - blind seniority - based privileges and reverse - seniority layoff rules — the NEA gave $ 73,500 to the National Network of State Teachers of the Year; that the selection of teachers of the year is usually more of a popularity contest than one based on
objective measures of teacher performance is often conveniently ignored by all but the
most thoughtful of observers, and thus, serves as a good way to spend union funds.
As documented under Section 1115 of Title I, Part A of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), a local education agency receiving Title I funds «may use funds received under this part only for programs that provide services to eligible children under subsection (b) identified as having the greatest need for special assistance... Eligible children are children identified by the school as failing, or
most at risk of failing, to meet the State's challenging student academic achievement standards on the basis of multiple, educationally related,
objective criteria established by the local educational agency and supplemented by the school, except that children from preschool through grade 2 shall be selected solely on the basis of such criteria as teacher judgment, interviews with parents, and developmentally appropriate
measures».
More sophisticated and
objective performance task
measures are still, for the
most part, either too expensive or still in development.
Most teachers» unions have not supported these new evaluation laws and will look for any excuse to gut them and go back to the world where there were no
objective measures of teacher effectiveness.
It's not an ideal
measure, but it's the
most objective.
Thirty - nine states incorporate
objective measures of student achievement data into teacher evaluations, and of those, 17 report it is the
most significant factor.55 And
most states now use at least three tiers to differentiate teachers (Figure 6).
From districts such as Washington, DC to
most charter schools, human capital management based on the quality of the individual's capabilities, knowledge and aptitude for the profession does result in better
objective measures of school success.
Most of the crybabies that are posting comments here lack an
objective measure of capability.
Given that a significant and agreed upon UHI effect exists and there seem to be
objective methods of determining where it would be
most and least prevalent, why would not a rather simple study be available whereby contrasting locations of UHI are
measured for temperatures and wind in order to better test Parker's hypothesis?
The ECJ could not remain indifferent to the global trend to widen the category of crimes that «should not go unpunished», according to recent International Criminal Court (ICC) guidelines (see Policy Paper on Case Selection and Prioritisation of the Office of the Prosecutor, 15 September 2016), and therefore consider «serious» financial crimes as crimes against human rights, with the primary
objective of ensuring «jointly with the relevant national jurisdictions, that the
most serious crimes committed in each situation do not go unpunished» (ICC, Policy Paper, para. 1 (8)-RRB-, through the implementation of «effective»
measures.
«Contrast that with medicine, where
most clinical trials use
objective measures to determine treatment efficacy.
Partners are of the view that targets provide a direction to lawyers and are the
most objective way of
measuring their performance.
Membership is extended only to a select few of the
most qualified attorneys from each state or region who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile
measured by
objective and uniformly applied standards in compliance with state bar and national Rule 4 - 7.
But
most law firms rarely
measure or quantify the extent to which their mentoring program is meeting its overall
objectives.
Membership is extended to the select few of the
most qualified top divorce lawyers in New York who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation and stature
measured by
objective and uniformly applied standards.
Carousel fraud is
most commonly effected using small, portable high value goods such as mobile telephones, and owes its existence to one of the core principles of the EU — the abolition of tax duties between member states, an
objective of the Sixth Council Directive of 17 May 1977 (77 / 388 / EEC), which acknowledged that member states should be able to take limited special
measures derogating from the Directive to avoid fraud.
It is one of the
most commonly asked interview questions, but only a small portion of hiring managers ask this question with the
objective of
measuring productivity.
According to reviews of the role of the 5 - HTTLPR in moderating the effects of stress upon depression, the effect is
most reproducible when
objective measures of stress are used (Uher and McGuffin, 2010), rather than subjective
measures, for which the interaction has not universally replicated (Risch et al., 2009).
Twin studies of child temperament using
objective measures consistently suggest moderate heritability for
most dimensions.