The letter calls on the EPA to generate new data about the cleanup's effectiveness conducted by independent scientists instead of basing its decision on data from GE scientists who relied
on flawed models.
Some were based
on flawed models.
Not exact matches
Neuroscience can provide useful insights — such as why economists believe and act
on the basis of narrow and sometimes
flawed models.»
If RelSci's
model of reality has a crippling
flaw, it's in encouraging users to assume that the name
on the door is the one with all the juice.
Buffalo Wild Wings said Marcato's belief that the company should move to a franchise
model is based
on flawed assumptions.
One of the greatest
flaws in the annual performance review
model is that it only focuses
on major achievements — closing a big deal, completing a major project, etc..
Examine your business
model for any major
flaws or weaknesses or flat out ask the rejecter why he or she passed
on your project.
Matthew Williams, a Cardiff University researcher
on computational criminology, told Mic last year that without relying
on existing police
models to inform them, machines alone will often make
flawed deliberations.
YouTube's business
model, based
on selling ads that run alongside videos being viewed, is either premature or basically
flawed, Haven says.
I believe strongly in the need to go through the exercise of building a financial
model (can focus mind and expose hidden assumptions and
flaws), and agree that the focus should not be
on formal financial documents or even
on the resulting numbers themselves (that is, until you are up and running and have real numbers).
If the
model is
flawed (and there's no guarantee that it is or isn't
flawed either way) then a new
model needs to be developed in order to move
on.
The possibility that such items may have always been
on the male list even if historically not acted upon with sufficient vigor may be the single greatest potential
flaw in George's otherwise powerful
model.
And there is an obvious fatal
flaw to this in any event; if say 5 teams embark
on this allegedly «risk - free» business
model and spend, spend, spend then pretty much by definition 4 of them come unstuck every year because only one team can buy the PL.
While we loved the lean - to - steer mechanism
on other
models, we found it too complicated for the 2 year - olds who are this scooter's intended users: they just couldn't get the hand of shifting their bodies in order to turn the scooter, even though their older siblings could master the technique easily, demonstrating that the difficulty was not caused by a
flaw in the scooter but by the motor skills of young toddlers.
I'm not asking about the ethics involved, my question is specifically focused
on whether or not this economic
model has any major foreseeable systematic
flaws, and if so, what are they?
Obamacare is in trouble because it was based
on a
flawed economic
model, as the skyrocketing premiums indicate.
Some climate change deniers have taken encouragement from the pause, saying they show warming predictions are
flawed, but Mann, a co-author
on the study, notes that «there have been various explanations for why [the slowdown is happening], none of which involve climate
models being fundamentally wrong.»
It is the central theme of The Death of Economics that the simple
model of perfect competition which lies at the heart of much standard economic teaching is seriously
flawed, and that policies based
on it will be erroneous.
In summary the projections of the IPCC — Met office
models and all the impact studies (especially the Stern report) which derive from them are based
on specifically structurally
flawed and inherently useless
models.They deserve no place in any serious discussion of future climate trends and represent an enormous waste of time and money.As a basis for public policy their forecasts are grossly in error and therefore worse than useless.For further discussion and an estimate of the coming cooling see http://climatesense-norpag.blogspot.com
Results: The complex
models scientists rely
on to determine weather and potential climate changes have a hidden
flaw.
The paper prompted a MailOnline headline of, «Projections of global drought and flood may be
flawed», while the Australian followed suit with, «Climate
model projections
on rain and drought wrong, study says».
However, Guth's simple and elegant
model was
flawed: as he himself recognized, it would lead to gross inhomogeneities in the distribution of matter
on large scales.
The problem is many people base their diet
on the
flawed paradigm, thinking it can be anything but a theoretical
model, that barely makes sense
on paper, let alone in reality.
... An the same is for designers: these vips are not all skinny
models, they have curves and maybe
flaws and not every kind of «artistic expression» could look good
on them.
But in October 2015, two years after launch, The RealReal ended its licensing agreement with The RealReal Japan, shuttering the venture and pointing to a potential
flaw in the company's business
model, which focused
on facilitating transactions between buyers and sellers based in Japan, a market that is already well served, especially in densely - populated areas like the Kantō region, which includes Tokyo, rather than between Japanese vintage sellers and international buyers, like Farfetch.
In fact, I would go as far as saying the only noticeable
flaws that appear are those involved in effects shots such as when the professor's
model T is seen flying around Washington, D.C. Overall, though, the video presentation is crisper than anything that is available
on VHS or Laserdisc.
The current delivery
model that has been in place essentially unaltered for over eighty years is
flawed because, in spite of all the good work done
on standards and accountability in recent years, the system remains primarily «input» and compliance driven rather than «output» and performance driven.
As part of NEA's work to counter
flawed, regressive evaluation systems and implement the policy statement, NEA developed the toolkit
on Association - led evaluation and accountability reforms — which contains
model contract language, guiding principles, and real - world examples that can be used by education organizations to develop evaluation and accountability systems.
This high level of imprecision would explain why teachers like Sheri Lederman of Long Island, who is apparently a terrific fourth grade educator based
on all kinds of data besides her most recent VAM scores, received an «ineffective» rating based
on this
flawed growth
model (see prior posts here and here).
Numerous
models have been developed to evaluate teachers (and administrators) without relying
on flawed standardized test results.
The video featured here, as well as
on this blog here, features Dr. Edward Haertel — National Academy of Education member and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University — talking about «The
Flaws of Using Value - Added
Models for Teacher Assessment.»
As we got behind the wheel of these fresh
models, we couldn't help but notice how they capitalize
on the
flaws we'd already noticed in the one - year - old Sportage.
It seems to be improving bit by bit as we try it in different
models, but it's still a
flawed system to use once
on the move.
On the pricing issue, I think Bransford is right as far as traditional publishing goes - but this is one of the
flaws (or perhaps the only one) with traditional publishing as a business
model.
The narrative that Oyster was chasing a market that didn't exist, with an offer that was too thin, and based
on a business
model that was fundamentally
flawed is now well established, and in burning through millions of dollars of investor cash in search of digital nirvana, the company hardly helped itself.
I have Kindles, Nooks, and a Kobo Aura, but despite those previous
models of Nooks and Kindles to be far more responsive and fluid, especially with PDF files, I jumped
on the Kobo and took
on the
flaws over the other brands because of the flush screen and sd card expansion which the Nook lost, now there isn't any reason to remain with Kobo anymore.
This
model has some inherent
flaws, according primarily to the comments left
on the original article from Calvin Reid that appeared this week
on Publisher's Weekly's website, namely that agents and publishers hardly need to pay for queries from authors.
In any case, the previous
model, Onyx BOOX T68, was terribly reviewed
on Amazon, with several users complaining about boot - loop issues, see e.g., the review headlined «T68 is severely
flawed.»
Anyone who did not like the Touch Cover or the Type Cover
on Microsoft's Surface
models might be pleased with Asus» keyboard for Transformer Book T100, however, despite being evidently better, it still includes many practical
flaws.
The rating agencies are
flawed but are mostly honest dealers who used bad
models on structured credit, because no one knew better.
Because of their
flawed model for understanding monetary policy, they ignored asset inflation, and patted themselves
on the back for the lack of goods price inflation.
And any rebuttals
on Nicholas Nassim Taleb's arguments regarding the fallibility and fundamental
flaws in this and other
models used in the markets?
I think it's a mistake to hang your equity bullishness
on the
flawed Fed
model, comparing bond yields to stocks.
I recently engaged in a good back - and - forth with the owner of the Monevator blog both
on substantive and procedural matters relating to my effort to open the internet to honest posting
on the
flaws of the Passive Investing
model and to replace that model with the Rational Model of understanding how stock investing w
model and to replace that
model with the Rational Model of understanding how stock investing w
model with the Rational
Model of understanding how stock investing w
Model of understanding how stock investing works.
We need to get political thought leaders involved in the effort to open the internet to honest posting
on the
flaws in Buy - and - Hold and
on what we need to do to make the transition to the Rational
Model.
There are some
flaws to this approach as many cats that like to use the flushing
model will perch
on the rim, something that is no longer possible when converting this
model into a den - style latrine.
The lingering complaint is DICE and EA's insistence
on retaining a highly lucrative but
flawed DLC
model.
Closer inspection reveals that the perfect images contain
flaws and aberrations which would usually be removed in production or postproduction, such as a
model's dirty feet or a bruise
on a ripe apple.
This is based
on one
model, and that
model has
flaws (especially its temperature sensitivity that seems too great (David Galbraith's work), and its rainfall that seems to low (our PNAS paper PDF).
The point, again, is that the U.S. can use abundant domestic coal or repeat the
flawed oil
model and rely
on global gas imports.»