Sentences with phrase «of robust standard»

The factor regression tool supports the use of robust standard errors based on the Newey — West estimator.

ICROA's support of robust standards for the voluntary offset market is critical: Member firms currently provide carbon offset and management services to thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of individuals.

Not exact matches

Legislated employment standards are a cornerstone of a strong, healthy society, as well as a robust, thriving economy.

I think this tells us several things: first, the left has to argue for robust use of the national spending power to enforce national standards without provincial opt - outs, such as those Thomas Mulroney — * ahem Mulcair — promotes for Quebec and other provinces.

From a user perspective, it's better to have standards, and standards that you have confidence in, particularly in some of those countries where maybe the client protection rules and some of those things aren't as robust as maybe North America and Europe.

According to Fitch, Chile's biggest lenders «exhibit a solid risk management framework based on local regulatory standards and robust corporate governance practices, adequate provisioning and controlled impairment levels», whilst also possessing strong levels of liquidity.

A few today, mainly clustered around the Weekly Standard, call for a policy of «national greatness,» which is a little hard to pin down apart from its robust appetite for interventionism in the belief that a little (or maybe big) war from time to time maintains the muscle tone of the nation.

In doing so, they were forced also to trade the robust natural law tradition for the recently constructed standard of «psychiatric normality,» with «heterosexuality» serving as the new normal for human sexuality.

Fusion Tech half screens are robust and sanitary smokehouse screens designed for use with our Nesting Truck and Tree, or any standard 42 ″ wide truck, to provide cooking of product in a smokehouse or dehydrator.

Fusion Tech full screens are robust and sanitary smokehouse screens designed for use with our Nesting Truck and Tree, or any standard 42 ″ wide truck, to provide cooking of product in a smokehouse or dehydrator.

The machine itself consists of a robust stainless steel frame, which houses various standard modules.

Ignoring the stratified sampling does not affect point estimates and may have resulted in slightly overestimated standard errors.14 Robust variance estimation was used to allow for the clustered nature of the data within units and trusts.

Despite the fact that infants breastfed by mothers who took fluoxetine demonstrated less robust weight gain than the comparison group, it is reassuring that there was no significant excess of infants with weight measurements > 2 standard deviations below the mean.

My province offers robust midwifery care with a clearly defined set of standards and scope of practice for home birth, which enabled me to make the confident decision that I was birthing with a high standard of care.»

Yesterday Illinois Gov. Rauner signed SB0007 into law making it Public Act 099 - 0245 effectively titled Youth Sports Concussion Safety Act bringing a much more robust set of standards when dealing with concussions in Illinois.

Free movement of goods is achieved by common rules underpinned by a robust institutional framework — a court, surveillance authority, committees etc - which enforces standards and resolves disputes.

Recently published credit rating of Ghana by Moody placed Ghana at B3, Standard & Poor B - and Fitch B, all portraying very good signs of improvement and robust economy.

Erie County is currently in the process of drafting legislation that proposes to establish new criminal standards for actions that endanger the welfare of children, provide for more robust and intensive CPS investigations, and update technology and reporting practices to better serve children and families, as well as focusing on other improvements to current CPS law.

«We're saying, yes, put the money in, but let's have... high expectations for these schools, and let's have the state Education Department be required to hold them to the standards, including a standard that parent and community engagement must be robust,» Billy Easton of the alliance said.

De Blasio said the city's reserves are robust by historical standards, but the naysayers noted that in the context of the city's $ 89 billion budget, they are not.

On Wednesday, George Osborne delivered his spending review to the Commons without bombast or superfluous oratory: he galloped through his inventory of measures as if it were a standard financial statement, a spot of robust housekeeping to keep the nation's books in order.

The committee on standards in public life welcomed the plans, which seemed to be significant steps towards the establishment of a robust regime.

The TOD (transit - oriented development) Standard is based on eight elements: walkability; bicycle - friendliness; a connected network of streets and paths; a robust transit system; a balanced mix of activities; dense, vertical building; compact development; and a shift away from personal motorized transport.

NREL are one of several international laboratories tasked with ensuring that any claims of improved solar cell efficiency are independently verified and held to a robust standard.

«The standard serves as an accurate and robust cost - of - living benchmark that supports good career planning and allows us to measure the extent to which our programs help customers progress toward economic self - sufficiency,» said Marléna Sessions, the council's chief executive officer.

Error bars indicate cluster - robust standard errors of the regression coefficients

To gain insight into what brain regions may be driving the relationship between social distance and overall neural similarity, we performed ordered logistic regression analyses analogous to those described above independently for each of the 80 ROIs, again using cluster - robust standard errors to account for dyadic dependencies in the data.

We work across disciplines and use a variety of techniques including microfluidics, standard microscopies (electron, optical, fluorescence, confocal), spectroscopies (fluorescence, UV, CD), scattering techniques (X-ray, light), protein expression and characterization and cell - free gene expression to investigate the utility of coacervate microdroplets as robust reaction compartments and cellular mimics.

Formed in 2008, the group requires its members to adhere to a code of best practice designed to ensure they only sell robust, quantifiable and audited carbon offsets that have been developed in line with agreed standards.

«These standards are very robust, but also reasonable and will make a big difference in the safety of garment factories in Bangladesh.»

While it isn't as deep as those it emulates, Unchained Blades offers a surprisingly robust (and somewhat difficult) experience as you travel between a series of dungeons, collecting and managing a small army of followers while undergoing standard RPG - style character progression.

And the introduction of new international energy management standards like ISO 50001 and the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP), which rely heavily on verifiable and robust data collection are opening up new avenues for further innovation and development of aM & T.

This performance - based conception of standards lies at the heart of what is needed to translate the Common Core into a robust curriculum and assessment system.

... all the standards of her discipline to see how they figure into problems and processes of the world, then teach -LSB--RSB- those in rich, robust and realistic ways.

We believe that the creation of a robust reference point in the form of national professional standards, supported by professional recognition of our most expert and qualified practitioners through our Fellowship scheme, are essential for the credibility and ongoing development of the profession.

ED's press release explains, «The administration's proposal for fixing NCLB calls for college and career - ready standards, more great teachers and principals, robust use of data and a more flexible and targeted accountability system based on measuring annual student growth.

The NEU also states that more robust evidence is required for another reform of the skills system and the review of level 3 qualifications proposed and that unless T - level implementation is properly planned, resourced and funded, there is a risk that their standards will be watered down to make existing level 2 qualifications «fit».

The contract that members adhere to also stipulates a robust set of safety standards regarding drivers» hours, driver vetting, insurance cover, sub-contracting and vehicle age.

Now that the avenues for learning have changed, a more robust standard is needed to keep track of it all.

«Educators understand that introducing new standards, appropriate curriculum and meaningful assessments are ongoing aspects of a robust educational system.

We found that the strength of program outcomes was associated with robust implementation of professional administrator standards through strong, tightly related coursework and clinical experiences.

Amplify Science is a robust, multimodal, hands - on program made to fulfill 100 percent of the NGSS, as well as a substantial number of the Common Core ELA and Math standards.

Following the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the PED launched NMRISING, a statewide initiative to inform the development of New Mexico's state plan7 and build upon the momentum of recent student success.8 The plan reinforces the PED's commitment to robust CCR standards and assessments, meaningful school accountability, a commitment to ensure that all students are served by excellent educators, and dynamic strategies for turning around the state's struggling schools.

Then, as students progress through the platform's learning activities, the results from both the machine - graded and human - graded standardized assessment items are incorporated to create a complete and robust picture of the students» mastery of learning standards.

Over the next three to five years, education leaders and policymakers should develop a robust, coherent, and aligned system of standards and assessments that measures student progress toward challenging state standards.

Applying districts must demonstrate a commitment to all four of the Race to the Top core reform areas (college - and career - ready standards and assessments, robust data systems, effective educators, and school turnaround) and obtain sign off on their plans from the district superintendent or CEO, local school board president, and local teacher union or association president.

These systems also require that all teachers and principals receive robust, timely, and meaningful feedback on their performance and support in order to inform and improve instruction so that all students meet the expectations of new CCR standards.

To strengthen their principal pipeline, district leaders in Hillsborough prioritized improving job standards as the foundation of a robust multiyear plan.

Panel member professor Ashley Adamson of Newcastle University adds: «with the introduction of universal infant free school meals, it is more important than ever that we have robust standards in place so schools across the country deliver nutritious and delicious food to pupils.»

Applying districts must demonstrate a commitment to all four of the Race to the Top core reform areas: college - and career - ready standards and assessments, robust data systems, effective educators, and school turnaround.