Create and document your selection process and base it on
objective measurements of performance that are compliant with applicable discrimination laws.
We can also take
objective measurements of trunk and limb circumference to track centimeters lost.
Over the last several years federal and state accountability legislation has come under attack from a duo of strange bedfellows: Tea Party / Trump - ish acolytes who wave the banner of local control and teacher union leaders who disdain
objective measurements of student learning, at least when they're tied to teacher evaluations and job security.
In fact, in New York, due to a flip — flop by Governor Cuomo, there's a moratorium on using
objective measurements of how much students are learning.
They were clear when they stated that there were «legitimate concerns» about testing in schools, but that it was critical to have
objective measurements of student growth.
We used standardized and
objective measurements of fitness and adiposity and examined their associations with mortality, providing quantitative risk estimates and a lower likelihood of misclassification on the exposure variables.
«This is an interesting and important study, both because of its size and because of the use of
objective measurements of blood - borne fatty acids known to depend to a large extent on eating habits, rather than relying on data from dietary questionnaires.
We've showed an improvement in subjective sleep quality after higher dietary protein intake during weight loss, which is intriguing and also emphasizes the need for more research with
objective measurements of sleep to confirm our results.»
That's a politician's job perhaps, not just to respond to
objective measurements of risk but to what people want.
Using this imaging technology, we may be able to capture more precise and
objective measurements of olfactory dysfunction and better understand how changes in these sensory neurons relate to overall health and neurodegeneration in the brain.»
Researchers recorded
objective measurements of participants» weight and examined couples» weight loss trajectories over time.
The next step was to find a way to collect
objective measurements of sleep characteristics on similarly large numbers of people.
What's becoming important today is not merely a list of skills but rather a more
objective measurement of ability and expertise.
The problem is that how one «feels» is not necessarily
an objective measurement of health.
In education, tests provide
an objective measurement of how students are progressing — information that's critical to improving public schools.
This technically excellent, turnkey assessment solution provides the instrument needed for
objective measurement of achievement coupled with the automation of online testing, scoring, and reporting.
It also provides a good
objective measurement of the ability of the students.
Credit scores give lenders a fast,
objective measurement of your credit risk.
Credit scores / reports give lenders a fast,
objective measurement of your credit risk.
«The market offers
an objective measurement of performance,» he says.
Olympic sports, for the most part, are
an objective measurement of a performance.
Satellite technology was introduced to provide more
objective measurement of the sea level rise because properly adjusted tide gauge data was not fitting Alarmists» claims.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Brooks Kushman has been ranked among the Top 100 Patent Firms in the United States based on
an objective measurement of firm performance in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Juristat.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Brooks Kushman has been ranked among the Top 100 Patent Firms in the United States based on
an objective measurement of firm performance in front of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by Juristat, a data visualization and patent analytics company.
Despite limitations, findings from the present study, drawn from a relatively large sample and strengthened by
the objective measurement of weight, height, and PA, extend our knowledge of the role of parent factors in pediatric obesity.
Not exact matches
So, before embarking on any major endeavor or project, take the time to align understanding between key players, particularly when it comes to specific
objectives and
measurements of success.
Using data to tie marketing back to return on investment has helped marketers reach new levels
of influence, removing the traditional «fluff»
of marketing and replacing it with
objective measurement.
The problem is doing what is ethical vs. acting out
of self - interest can get commingled in an under - performing director's mind, or even a founder's mind, or even other directors» minds (who have been captured by the entrenched director colleague), without an
objective measurement.
The
measurement of CEO narcissism is based on 15
objective indicators and fits the main conceptualization
of narcissism.
It centers on the idea that management's
objective is, or should be, maximizing value for shareholders, but it addresses a wide range
of topics — from performance
measurement and executive compensation to shareholder rights, the role
of directors, and corporate responsibility.
All
of these need states that are relevant to the business can be mapped to the consumer decision journey and your funnel for better
measurement and optimization, but what's important is understanding user needs and how to support them at all relevant stages in order to meet the business
objectives....»
Newton's position that time is «
objective» and «rules» our
measurement of time (not vice versa) is vindicated by the fact that we have a rational theory
of clocks, i.e., we presuppose that all our clocks can and ought to be corrected, wherever we note irregularities.
Recent results have indeed been able to show that probabilistic predictions in quantum mechanicslogically follow, without any additional postulates, from the description
of individual quantum systems, with the aid
of the wave function, which can be expressed, as we have seen, in a completely non-probabilistic way and the assumption that the
objective properties
of the system can be obtained by
measurements with certainty.
He was intently concerned with the careful identification and accurate tracking
of preferred behaviors, with deliberate scheduling
of realistic behavior change
objectives, with accurate
measurement of incremental changes, with deliberately programmed steps
of behavior change, and, at selected times, with aversive conditioning.18
From this base, he can move to a formal definition
of the projective properties
of straightness and flatness in the derivations
of PR IV, 3, apply those notions to the doctrine
of strains (PR IV, 4), demonstrating that the shrinking
of a set
of linear relations into the microcosm
of a strain seat does not distort those relations, and hence that the
measurement of a strain locus in the presentational immediacy
of the measurer says something
objective about the contemporaneous world (PR IV, 5).
Adherence was monitored with the use
of food - frequency questionnaires during the study and was corroborated at the end
of the study through the
measurement of peanut in bed dust, an
objective and previously validated surrogate for consumption.23, 24
Project
objectives include: 1) analysis
of assessment data to prioritize sustainable winegrowing criteria and practices; 2) development
of educational materials and web - based resources; 3) planning and facilitation
of 20 + targeted education events; and 4)
measurement of and reporting project progress.
«Secondly, he was in an adaptation period where I felt that, without any
objective measurement, that sometimes he struggled a bit more in the second part
of the game, especially in the last 20 minutes, to create the movement he can.
A neuropsychoanalytic approach, combining subjective reports and
objective measurements, could be used to explore a big mystery in current neurobiology: the purpose
of the recently discovered «default mode network.»
With Morton, Gould claimed unconscious bias could impact even the most seemingly
objective and straightforward part
of science: basic
measurements and averages.
And how can scientists, with their devotion to
objective observation and
measurement, gain access to the inherently private and subjective realm
of consciousness?
«We need something more
objective, and this technology may provide a greater
measurement of recovery.»
In their new study, the BARREL researchers» major
objective was to obtain simultaneous
measurements of the scattered particles and
of ionoized gas called plasma out in space near Earth's equator.
To accomplish these
objectives, Dragonfly would take four types
of measurements.
Although judicial and penal systems vary widely in Europe, the more
objective forensic science techniques are rapidly becoming harmonized so that sometimes even the same specialized apparatus is used throughout the forensic community (e.g., refractive index
measurements of glass).
Dr Samantha Gibbs, from Ocean and Earth Science at the University
of Southampton, who was Dr O'Dea's PhD supervisor and co-author
of the study, says: «A key
objective was to record calcification in fossil coccolithophores in a way that enabled direct comparison with
measurements from living specimens.
As he stated himself, he was interested in using tracers in the brain as they provided the possibility
of taking
objective measurements in real time.
H.C., R.H., J.I.L., Y.M., B.M. and S.W. helped in the definition
of the scientific
objectives of the
measurements.
This study however made use
of a modified Ashford scale, a more
objective measurement that graded muscle tone intensity by the
measurement of things like resistance in rigidity and range
of motion.
The Brain Balance Personalized Assessment is an
objective and quantifiable
measurement of each area
of function — motor, sensory, behavioral, social, emotional, and academic — allowing us to better understand your child's unique challenges.