Sentences with phrase «ratings skew the results»

So I wonder how much family and friend ratings skew the results.

Not exact matches

Among other things, we are concerned about the potential for manipulation by individuals or groups who wish to skew the rating results.

On Sunday, a top Cuomo aide cited a Newsday report as evidence that most Long Island school districts used union - endorsed scoring to «skew» results and «ensure that their teachers are rated only «effective» and «highly effective.»»

After accounting for factors like age, race, medications and socioeconomic status, which could skew the results, they looked for patterns that suggested links between mental illness and infection rates.

He found that bias that skews scores by just 3 % can result in noticeable disparities in funding rates.

While Alabama's higher poverty rate puts it at something of a competitive disadvantage in national comparisons, a deeper look shows it's not Alabama's demographics skewing the results.

Mind you, these figures come from standardized European testing, which typically yields results that skew higher than U.S. fuel - economy ratings.

Granted the results are somewhat skewed because one well - rated iPad takes several slots with all the various sub-models.

We clearly need to do some refinement of the data to see whether a few categories are highly resilient (for example, single - state muni bond funds might never change their star ratings) and, thus, skewing the results.