The word
"rigour" means being very strict, precise, and thorough in doing something. It's about being diligent, following rules, and paying attention to all the details.
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The lack of
rigour of many of the alarmist prognostications is a feature of the current AGW MSM literature, which has been mirrored more often than not by sceptical commenters.
If the case boils down to getting to grips
with rigours of the Premier League, then we can expect a swift return to top from for Di Maria.
There is a lack of
rigour in this report which leads to sensationalist conclusions.
Gary Bryant, from ITSI, a blended learning solution that combines the traditional
academic rigour of digital textbooks with the flexibility of technology, discusses why the textbook has a prejudiced repute and explains why an effective teaching resource should support teachers, rather than replace them.
One of the most important painters of his generation, Innes is known for a practice that combines
intellectual rigour with incredible sensitivity to his chosen medium.
As Horton noted, the letters «raise questions about leadership, management of resources, proper use of the CDC's authority and power, and the
scientific rigour of CDC research.»
In exceptional cases the court has «saved» contracts from the
full rigour of s 2 by finding that terms omitted from the contract did not relate to the sale of the land, but formed a separate «collateral» contract.
Of her Austrian countryman she shares a stringent
formal rigour as well as a predilection towards telling stories which lament the folly of existence.
Shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said
greater rigour in vocational qualifications was essential for achieving high standards and that Labour supported this.
This has energy and vitality, vigour as well
as rigour.
Therefore, you should apply the
same rigour of due diligence to your career decisions as you do to your deals.
«This program
brings rigour, discipline and structure to our continuous improvement efforts.»
Ever since I heard the late Peter Cook talk
about rigour in Beyond the Fringe, I have had trouble taking the word seriously.
It seems obvious; the way to lift performance in schools is to introduce more
rigour into the curriculum, set higher year - level performance expectations and hold all teachers and students accountable for achieving these higher standards.
The Welsh government has placed a greater emphasis
on rigour and there is now an expectation that more pupils will be disappointed in future so situations like this may become less unusual.
Would you let some John Doe slice you open and operate on your guts without knowing they have painstakingly earned their qualification
through rigours study?
«And if it's to do with education... then don't we need Michael Gove to get on with his heroic work of
restoring rigour and realism to the classroom?»
This evaluation has the added
methodological rigour of longitudinal data; an improvement on the Sure Start evaluations, which were quasi-experimental, cross-sectional studies.
The proof will be in the museum's courage in its future contemporary arts programming and its success in telling Hong Kong's art story, as well as maintaining strict intellectual
rigour when presenting the traditional arts.
Her work has a meticulous, aesthetic elegance underpinned by
conceptual rigour: she investigates how artworks are perceived and understood and this process becomes part of the presentation.
He has also been completely loyal, both during IDS's time and also Michael Howard's, and would
add rigour, intelligence and maturity (in the best possible sense) to any Shadow Cabinet.
But equal - opportunity
rigour demands Nigeria unity - sceptics too clinically cut - and - thrust with him, without risking the toga of being branded «sectional» in their thinking.
There are many culprits: ministers eager to feed an insatiable 24 - hour media with instant headlines; a Parliament which too often shied away from challenging governments with
sufficient rigour and determination; left - wing ideology that placed too great a trust in the benevolence of the state, which belittled history and convention and sought to redefine freedom in terms of much broader ideas about social justice.
They are people of faith and good intentions but not always sticklers for
analytical rigour.
The scientific
rigour applied by the Joint Research Cen - tre in compiling the an - nual report on food crises will help us diagnose the problems correctly and propose the best policies.»
The research, published in PLoS Biology, looks at issues such as randomisation and blinding which
increase rigour and reduce the risk of bias.
The shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, welcomed attempts to
maintain rigour in the qualification system but warned against rushed changes.
However, although the latest decision has concluded that the social media giant was at fault for censoring the image, the evidence produced by the plaintiff did «not demonstrate with the
necessary rigour that the deactivation -LSB-...] was due to the posting of the painting».
But now there is a fascinating new development that may get us the closest we have ever been for a partner to be able to say with
empirical rigour and justification, «I am more expensive than the alternatives and there is a good reason for that...»
Embraced by many governments of the left, these aimed at
introducing rigour and discipline into national macroeconomic policies.
It's important to us that we provide academic
rigour within a supportive and inviting environment where pupils enjoy learning, feel safe and make a positive contribution.
To reshape government from the bloated waste and broken assumptions of an age of irresponsibility to the
new rigours of an age of austerity - so that it serves the people who pay for it.
It is despicable for a university to trash free speech and academic
rigour so thoughtlessly.
More than just a political analysis, Silver seemed to offer an appealing vision of the world — the promise that, with
enough rigour and the right statistical models, we could sift through the data and see the future with clear, dispassionate eyes.
An implementation plan is co-constructed to
ensure rigour and impact and the plan is reviewed systematically during the course of the partnership (1 — 3 years).
The 18 large multimedia «Pour Paintings» in this exhibition were made between 1985 and 2004, and their hallucinatory colour effects, deconstructed supports and embrace of the ephemeral demonstrate what Richter meant — though there is classical
rigour here too.
She presents the scientific case for classifying all of these techniques as GM and regulating their use with as
much rigour as previous and current GM techniques.
The high / low dialogue refracted Grace Wales Bonner's ongoing preoccupation with black male identity, but she pursued it with
less rigour, more joy than usual.
Combining playfulness with
austere rigour Olivier Mosset's practice creates auto sufficient paintings that exist for themselves.
I knew not to
expect rigour when Weinberger made some silly remarks which I can't quote exactly, using the word «binary» in a pejorative way.
Since the film is the story of the producer's parents, hard - headed
critical rigour was never likely to be the order of the day, and the pervasive air of splendid chaps keeping a stiff upper lip under testing circumstances begins to grate.
The truth is that strong and unique design solutions combined with
strategic rigour will ensure your brand's success.