Sentences with phrase «simply averages the outcomes»

Although these models vary in complexity, the simplest one is the so - called «poll of polls» approach, which simply averages the outcomes of all the polls under the assumption their respective biases will at least partially wash out.

Not exact matches

Simply put, just because a 22.7 percent spending increase is large enough to eliminate the average outcome differences between the poor and non-poor it does not mean that a 22.7 percent spending increase is large enough to eliminate the difference in outcome between the very poor and the very wealthy or differences across other measures of socioeconomic status.

In three of the four studies, the comparison is simply to «whatever students do otherwise if not assigned to FWS,» and thus FWS participation is compared to the average outcomes among non-participants, including those who end up working in other jobs and those that don't work at all.

In a large randomized experiment such as this, we can estimate the effect of receiving the intervention by simply comparing the average outcomes of the treatment and control groups.

The study suggests that average investors would enjoy better outcomes if they simply invested in bank certificates of deposit (CDs) rather than trying their hand at more aggressive investing.