Sentences with phrase «objective assessments of»

Such discordance between subjective and objective assessments of vision has been reported in earlier research (Fors, Thorslund, & Parker, 2006) and thus including both assessments when available in statistical models is desirable.

This pattern of findings is consistent with other studies that have examined links to quality of life from self - rated visual function (e.g., Horowitz, 2004; Reinhardt, 1996) and objective assessments of distance vision (Jang et al., 2003).

Primary outcome measures include a combination of parent - reported and objective assessments of children's sleep, safety, nutrition, parenting styles and the home learning environment, including the Home Observation of the Environment Inventory and items adapted from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

We have also been called upon to provide objective assessments of strategies developed by other firms.

In many of these states, voters will have the benefit of objective assessments of the performance of incumbent judges, and in some instances, the qualifications of their challengers.

In the closing statement of the piece, Lomborg writes, «realists should now embrace the view that the world is doing much better... We should guide our future attention not on the basis of the scariest stories or loudest pressure groups, but on objective assessments of where we can do the most good.»

Emissions of CO2 from burning fossil fuel is real whereas claims of there being anything more than barely discernable global warming from such emission is observationally challenged wrt objective assessments of the EAS.

The Fund then has the ability to hedge up to 100 % of the portfolio based on top down objective assessments of stock valuations and market trends.

Customers have access to reviews, rankings, rating systems, and other objective assessments of products and services that they can get before they even make first contact with the company they are buying from.

The authors of the study wrote of their findings that they had «obvious industrial applications where an objective assessment of audiovisual material is sought from groups of people, for example, in advertising, video game design or in filmmaking.»

Only third - party security professionals can offer a neutral, objective assessment of your level of risk and what's at stake, writes Lapidus.

The interest rate decision is also important, but sometimes the press conference after the bank meeting can make more sense because it reveals the sentiment and the insider atmosphere, which is very important for an objective assessment of the economic health.

This study analyses Canada's energy system, and provides an objective assessment of future options to maintain energy security and meet climate commitments.

[25] It was an entirely objective assessment of the state of affairs that drove Newman to seek that episcopal authority where historically it had existed and where in the present, it could be found exercised.

For example, if your objective assessment of the game suggests the underdog should be receiving 3.5 points, but is receiving 6.5 point, then that is a value - betting proposition, also called an «overlay».

Instead of planning for the inevitable for years we ostriched our way through one problematic season after another, the club hierarchy hanging all hopes, responsibilities and blame on one man's shoulders and failing or unwilling to acknowledge that he himself is no longer capable of lucid objective assessment of the team's performance.

The purpose of taking a premarital inventory before your wedding is to help the two of you receive an objective assessment of potential problems and issues in your relationship.

Negative comments can feel really personal but are frequently more about how the commentator is feeling and not an objective assessment of your actions.

Similarly, the objective assessment of creative can help advertising agencies streamline the design process by reducing the number of amends.

«Disability living allowance will be replaced by the personal independence payment (PIP), which is a new, more transparent and sustainable benefit underpinned by an objective assessment of the barriers disabled people face in living full and independent lives.

«As such, objective assessment of cognitive function should be a facet of any clinical evaluation of the patient,» he says.

The scoring of a comprehensive set of molecular features in this setting provides a more objective assessment of the impact of the different interventions, and the biological processes that were perturbed as a result.

«With a large sample size, long follow - up period and objective assessment of hearing loss, our study provides strong evidence that smoking is an independent risk factor of hearing loss,» said study lead author Dr. Huanhuan Hu, from the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, in Japan.

The BoF Global Fashion School Rankings are the only objective assessment of fashion schools around the world, acting as the go - to resource for the entire industry.

There appear to be two differing schools of thought regarding Metacritic; one argues that its inconsequential and its flawed nature means that it should be disregarded in an objective assessment of any games in question and the other school relies on its results to prop up its arguments, even if it makes an admission to the flawed nature of its findings.

It is hence meaningful to gather as much behavioral evidence during an interview to arrive at an objective assessment of the candidate's ability to perform the job.

Keeping the test - taker and the test - grader separate leads to a more objective assessment of language skill.

My comments today aim to provide an objective assessment of the role of IES, its contributions, and areas for improvement.

It also offers school districts an objective assessment of your foundation of knowledge and skills.

A key ingredient of a true merit - pay plan is an objective assessment of a teacher's impact on student learning.

To resolve those difficulties, a teacher must make an objective assessment of what's actually happening in the classroom by asking such questions as:

«We would not want any school to rely on interviews or other subjective processes rather than pursuing an objective assessment of individuals» skills — including in areas other than their current teaching area — and the curricular and organisational needs of the school.»

But financial and athletic experts suggest parents make a more objective assessment of at what cost the kids are pursuing these dreams.

A more objective assessment of the standards maintained by states can be inferred by comparing the percentages of students designated as proficient by the state with the percentages found by the NAEP's independent assessment.

We also use it as an objective assessment of our program... it shows us what the student knows and what we need to focus more attention on.

However, he says, there has been little objective assessment of how aligned to the Common Core most of these products really are.

We purchased a Toyota Venza which is a new segment for us and Drew helped us with an objective assessment of pros and cons with competitor brands.

For a brand to score well, they need to excel across an objective assessment of quality that covers all models.

The editorial content below is based solely on the objective assessment of our writers and is not driven by advertising dollars.

The editorial content below is based solely on the objective assessment of our writers and is not driven by advertising dollars.

In fairness, the consistency of quality among them make an objective assessment of the Top 10 K.K. Slider songs nigh impossible, and this is something this article does not pretend to attempt.

Among many issues, «cultural cognition,» as Yale's Dan Kahan and others have shown, means your cultural identity matters more than an objective assessment of «facts.»

It is important for me to clarify that the I.P.C.C. as a body follows impartial, open and objective assessment of every aspect of climate change carried out with complete transparency.

I have become convinced that there is no more noble pursuit we can engage in than to seek to insure that policy is informed by an objective assessment of scientific evidence.

Either the IPCC has to choose to produce a Majority and Minority Report (which I don't see happening) or some other entity or group of researchers has to create a more objective assessment of current science.

Objective assessment of the annoyance of tonality is well developed and its consideration is included in the assessment of wind farm noise in most Australian jurisdictions.

Now that I understand that Pachauri's life has been lived in a cocoon, I realize that nothing in his previous experience taught him that it isn't sufficient to claim to be «working on an objective assessment of all aspects of climate change.»

The IPCC is an organization that brings together the best experts from all over the world committed to working on an objective assessment of all aspects of climate change.

These conclusions are based on multiple independent lines of evidence, and contrary assertions are inconsistent with an objective assessment of the vast body of peer - reviewed science.

The objective assessment of climate is broken.