There are
plenty of metrics to keep track of, such as how long it takes you to read a specific page of text or the average amount of time it takes to read a book.
I don't think anyone knows — including board members — what the new system will look like, but board members will have
plenty of metrics from which to choose and many aren't related to testing: A-G course completion, suspension rates, grad rates, English learner reclassification rates, maybe even measurements of perseverance and determination, if the metrics even get sophisticated enough.
I don't think anyone knows — including board members — what the new system will look like, but board members will have
plenty of metrics from which to choose and many aren't related to testing: A-G course... Read More
There are
plenty of metrics — such as cash flow and debt ratios — that an investor can use to measure value.
Not exact matches
The critique doesn't only come from the left; there are
plenty of hard - nosed investment firms that are agitating to clamp a lid on ever - growing CEO pay, arguing that it's a poor use
of shareholders» money and distorts performance as CEOs start managing to their pay
metrics instead
of longer - term growth.
I'm at Uber, and we have
plenty of positions open across Infrastructure (
metrics / monitoring / tracing), Courier services, Health, and Partnerships.
There are
plenty of LBers who will no doubt cite move advanced
metrics than either
of us are using.
Everyone is seemingly dissatisfied with Congress... (I'm too lazy to look up exact reference but approval rating was somewhere in low double digits) BUT, surprisingly, seem
plenty happy with their specific congresscritters - both in terms
of polls measuring satisfaction, as well as one
metric that is the most relevant - re-election rates for incumbents.
And there has been
plenty of coal burning in countries such as China, which now burns some 3 billion
metric tons
of the fuel rock per year, largely without the pollution controls that would scrub out the SO2, as is sometimes done in the U.S..
Plenty of non-government organizations will rate the ratings and the
metrics that underlie them.
A second - gear start is good for two reasons: If you forget that you're in that mode, you won't be caging 580 horses in one gear until you hit redline and there's
plenty of power to take off from a light and get in front
of anyone, without burning a
metric ton
of fuel.
As for the
metrics that you've described in measuring the «professional» standard, they are flawed in the following respects: Professional via publication — publishers are profit - driven, not a good indicator
of excellence; Professional through number in print — numbers can be altered with marketing and time (by this logic, the Bible, Kuran, and the Communist Manifesto are perhaps the most professional work ever written); Money — there are
plenty of professional idiots out there with more money than deserved; Peer review — depends on the peer.
On balance, a valuation based simply on current
metrics seems neither too harsh nor too optimistic — there are still
plenty of higher TV / radio M&A multiples to reference, but I think a 12 P / E and a 2.0 P / S ratio (based on a 21.8 % operating profit margin) are pretty neutral values to apply.
And to an investor focused on value investing in the late 1990s, there were
plenty of illogical arguments to be found, whether it was a focus on eyeballs (webpage views) over profits, or any other
metric that left one reminded
of the story about a business losing money on every sale, but making it up on volume.
Bandai Namco released a
metric ton
of new screenshots
of God Eater 3, showing
plenty of weapons and a fearsome new Aragami.
Battlefield 1, by any
metric, has been doing quite well for itself, setting
plenty of records for DICE and EA, and finally unseating Battlefield 4 as the most played Battlefield game (for...
The map includes only industrial polluters who pump out more than 25,000
metric tons
of carbon dioxide a year, so there's
plenty missing from this picture.
Fitbit has promised that the Fitbit Ionic will give users the same great activity tracking, sleep tracking, and other
metrics that current Fitbit models already offer; however,
plenty of new features are to be included in in the Ionic.