Sentences with phrase «numerical comparisons»

Grayling's fellow Tory Iain Duncan Smith agrees with Easton that the NCRS «changed recording methods significantly and has rendered direct numerical comparisons with pre-2002 / 03 levels inaccurate».

This simple numerical comparison (leaving aside other factors affecting the classrooms in Spanish universities such as the large number of students in many centers and the increase in the type of «unquantifiable» work that this generates for teaching staff) shows that the «civil servant professor» has a significant decrease in availability of time for research compared to members of research - only institutes.

Women tend to be rated as more attractive than men on average, and so numerical comparisons like these are somewhat ambiguous (i.e., you might be comparing a 35th percentile man with a 17th percentile woman, which is what Li et al. did, see p. 678 here).

Note that, unless otherwise noted, numerical comparisons are against FY 2016 funding levels, the last year for which appropriations have been completed.

The F - PACE does not fit neatly into any set segment, so we hesitate to do a numerical comparison to the other vehicles of similar size.

Affordability and ability to consume media are almost certain to be highlighted over any numerical comparisons of hardware superiority.

The ultimate would be to use PennHIP for early risk prediction and a numerical comparison value, and to select stock with lower ZW or BV numbers if such data is available.

Simple test statistics for major gene detection: a numerical comparison.

The game does depend quite heavily on numerate play if it is to be effectively mastered — on the simplest level this is the straightforward arithmetic of numerical comparison, but on a deeper and more intuitive level it requires an appreciation of risk and probability.

Schecter, D.A., M.E. Nicholls, J. Persing, A.J. Bedard Jr., and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2008: Infrasound emitted by tornado - like vortices: Basic theory and a numerical comparison to the acoustic radiation of a single - cell thunderstorm.