Sentences with phrase «relative impact of factors»

New empirical work, using better data (e.g., that enable researchers to estimate the relative impact of factors affecting student achievement growth from year to year) and more - sophisticated statistical techniques has, in broad terms, reinforced the Coleman Report conclusion that teacher quality is the most important schooling variable.

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The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks.

While some companies attempt to address the impact of macroeconomic factors by using relative goals in their long - term incentive plans, the CNGC has determined that relative goals are not the right approach for Walmart for the reasons described on page 50 above.

The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed — some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks.

If the number of Bitcoins acquired by the Trust is large enough relative to global Bitcoin supply and demand, further in - kind creations and redemptions of Shares could have an impact on the supply and demand of Bitcoins in a manner unrelated to other factors affecting the global market for Bitcoins.

While the excess risk found in celiac first - degree relatives can be explained by genetics, the higher risk in spouses points to the impact of environmental factors.

A new paper co-written by an MIT political scientist suggests a way to assess the relative impact of several factors at once, using a method known as «conjoint analysis» that is not currently employed in political polling.

Other factors will also impact the evolution of adhesion phenotypes, including the relative advantage of highly - adhesive cells against less - adhesive cells in direct competition [54], and the trade - off between competitive surface adhesion and the ability to disperse to new habitats for later growth [38, 40, 83].

The consensus is that several factors are important: atmospheric composition (the concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane); changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun known as Milankovitch cycles (and possibly the Sun's orbit around the galaxy); the motion of tectonic plates resulting in changes in the relative location and amount of continental and oceanic crust on the Earth's surface, which could affect wind and ocean currents; variations in solar output; the orbital dynamics of the Earth - Moon system; and the impact of relatively large meteorites, and volcanism including eruptions of supervolcanoes.

Decomposing performance of the S&P 500 EW relative to the S&P 500, using 2 Factor Brinson Attribution (showing sector allocation and security selection effects) illustrates the historical impact of EW variation relative to the cap - weighted benchmark.

Looking ahead, dilution will be one of many factors feeding into my valuation — if dilution turns out to be the most material driver, it would obviously come to impact my assessment of the relative risk / reward offered by FIG.

The only marginal benefit to using the tool is to show someone the impact factors have on the relative cost of the policy.

Dr. Briesch's analysis also failed to consider the relative impact of debt settlement and DMPs on consumers» creditworthiness, a significant factor in determining under which type of program a consumer would obtain a better «outcome.»

In quantifying the relative contribution of each of the five variables impacting NPP trends (Figure 1b), Li et al. report that «atmospheric CO2 concentration was found to be the dominant factor that controlled the interannual variability and to be the major contribution (45.3 %) of global NPP.»

World Health Organization and British government - sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming's impact on key determinants of human and environmental well - being should be small through 2085 even under the warmest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario.

The relative magnitudes of the climate impacts induced by the naturally - occurring NAO and by anthropogenic factors will depend on the time horizon (e.g., next few decades vs. end of the twenty - first century), time - scale (interannual vs. multi-decadal), and parameter (temperature vs. precipitation) of interest (e.g., Deser et al. 2012).

The first step in being truly objective is to openly acknowledge the large degree of uncertainty which exists today on the relative importance of natural and anthropogenic climate forcing components and, hence, on the validity of any long - term projections of future impact of anthropogenic factors.

It seems to me that if one wants to make an apples to apples comparison about the relative importance of different climate forcing factors, then one ought to be looking at their differential impact under modern conditions.

It is therefore important to understand the relative influence of the various factors in order to estimate future climate changes and to decide how best to mitigate the negative impacts.

The only marginal benefit to using the tool is to show someone the impact factors have on the relative cost of the policy.

The chapter also examines the involvement of AOP - signing fathers three years after a nonmarital birth and analyzes the relative impacts of various paternal risk factors in an effort to understand which characteristics have the most influence on a father's odds of being uninvolved.

The relative impact of a host of putative child, mother, and family risk factors measured in early childhood was assessed using multinomial regressions.

Marriage is the central relationship for the majority of adults, and morbidity and mortality are reliably lower for married individuals than unmarried individuals across such diverse health threats as cancer, heart attacks, and surgery.1 - 4 Although loss of a spouse through death or divorce can provoke adverse mental and physical health changes,1,5 - 7 the simple presence of a spouse is not necessarily protective; a troubled marriage is itself a prime source of stress, while simultaneously limiting the partner's ability to seek support in other relationships.8 The impact of a turbulent marriage is substantial; for example, epidemiological data demonstrated that unhappy marriages were a potent risk factor for major depressive disorder, associated with a 25-fold increase relative to untroubled marriages.9 Similarly, other researchers found a 10-fold increase in risk for depressive symptoms associated with marital discord.10