Sentences with phrase «skew results on»

In 2015, Volkswagen admitted it had used special devices designed to skew results on U.S. emissions tests.

Those two alone dramatically skewed the results on this test.

Not exact matches

Investors are not obligated to put all their cards on the table, so a skewed picture can result.

Our due diligence on this subject indicates a widespread problem, resulting in many recent economic headlines being skewed to the upside.

My perspective is somewhat the skewed result of having been a philosophy major in college, then doing my thesis on Nietzsche which enforced a different perspective on the claim «God is dead».

One minor criticism of the text, however, is that the liberties Dr. Winter took with his topic skewed the content of the final section, resulting in multiple offerings of perspectives on the future of evangelicals in missions, rather than multiple contributors engaging with the essayists single perspective.

Three years ago, profit margins in Treasury's Asian business were 38.8 per cent in its maiden full - year results after it demerged from Foster's, although Mr Clarke explained that figure was skewed somewhat because Treasury had little infrastructure on the ground in China then.

The results were skewed slightly by the fact that more people stuck to the meat free diet than stuck to the omnivorous one — 55 per cent kept strictly to their veggie regimen, compared with only 32 per cent on the other diet — but that could just show that when it comes to keeping people interested in healthy eating, deliciousness is a factor too.

Declercq said one problem with relying on this study is the results may have been skewed because the researchers relied on the location the birth was planned for rather than where it actually took place.

1) It's pretty obvious that the bias on the sample size is going to skew the results toward fewer problems.

I alternated the days so that any hormonal fluctuations (like getting my period) that might have an effect on my output wouldn't skew the results.

In fact, while some brands of tests on the market today promise that they can give accurate results even before a missed period, it is still very possible to get skewed readings that early.

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.»»

The Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has called on the party to root out people voting for him in a bid to to skew the election result.

Steele, who speaks in Albany on Thursday, adds the presence of casinos has created a gambling culture that has skewed the region's economy toward low - paying service jobs and has resulted in a spike in problem and pathological gamblers.

Obviously polls like this do pose a risk of any old person pretending to be a party member to skew the results, or getting a very skewed group of activists, but the polls of Conservative party members done by Tim Montgomerie over on ConservativeHome did get their leadership election right, so we do at least have a precedent for a website running polls of party members in this way and getting good results.

Among factors that might skew the results: failure of participants — especially those with tumors — to accurately recall exactly how long and often they talk on their cell phones.

For example, she points out, it does not account for the number of questions on a survey, the number of respondents, nor other factors that can skew the results.

The queen then sought out the larger cells and, on average, laid nearly three times as many drone eggs as usual, apparently making up for the skewed hive gender ratio that resulted from her incarceration, the researchers report in the November / December issue of Behavioural Ecology.

The scientists wondered whether these clouds were a result of measurable conditions, and whether they skewed atmospheric measurements on the island.

This resulted in people with underactive thyroid hormones being told that their thyroid tests were «normal,» based on this skewed reference range.

But if the other two guys have an easy time putting on muscle (let's say they gain 12 pounds of muscle), they're going to skew the results of the group.

on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) could skew radiocarbon dating results..

Getting strong reviews, 75 - year - old Lily Tomlin's Grandma from Sony Pictures Classics scored $ 30,000 a screen on four screens, while 55 - year - old Patricia Clarkson's Learning To Drive, which she spent nine years trying to bring to the screen, did about half that — still a great result for a much older - skewing drama that even featured its star in a tantric sex scene no less.

There are valid «Who to Follow on Twitter» lists but, regretfully, many skew results by number of followers and / or tweet volume rather than the Tweeter's value.

One of the Global Report Card's authors, Josh McGee, says the small size of Waconda schools may have skewed the results slightly, since randomness has a greater impact on a smaller sample size.

A strict focus on test preparation and behavior has helped the network, which serves mostly low - income and black and Hispanic students, to significantly outperform the city's public school students on state reading and math tests; however, critics charge that student attrition skews the results (2015).

The direct sales are skewing the results and shouldn't be used here to complete the analysis since most (fiction) authors wont have the direct sales channels that you employ (e.g. the how - to non-fiction books that you sell and the sending of all of your authors on this email list to buy other products and get kick - back affiliate commission on it.)

The results could easily be skewed in either direction if the study was done on a particular website or in a particular store.

Unless that can be parsed out properly, then using rank to base your analyses on is going to skew results across the board.

Because using a single year's earnings can massively skew the results based on where you are in the economic cycle.

A different return pattern among the individual stocks would have produced a different result at the portfolio level — so the usefulness of our example hinges on an empirical question: to what degree are real - life stock returns skewed to the right?

Results are skewed as sampled population remains small but as it continues on it finds balance in the seemingly complex randomness eventually returning to breakeven over the long term and then minus the spread its unprofitable.

This customer only wanted to use two asset classes, so not doing the job on an apples - to - apples basis skewed the results to make their performance look worse than it really was.

Also since there were so many gold stocks on the list, I'm sure this skewed the results since gold popped just about the time I performed the check - in.

It probably won't work to try the assessment on a cat you already have (the relationship already exists, skewing the results), but peruse the descriptions and see which personality you think cohabitates your home.

«boast on their performance from their own advantageous angles» seriously are you just trying to sound smart??? It is common knowledge that companies will skew the results to make them look more favorable.

SkyScrappers was always designed for console, so the results might be skewed, but had I released the game solely on Steam I strongly suspect that instead of answering these questions, I would be featuring in another talking - heads round - up about «the Indiepoclypse».

Earlier this week, Amazon ran a poll on its website, asking readers to vote for PS4 or Xbox One as the best next - gen console; some US sites are reporting that the results were so overwhelmingly skewed toward the Sony console, the online retailer removed the survey.

I would expect greater resolution in the adjustments than that, and I can imagine different outcomes based on different textures and patterns in ship - buoy differences — if conditions, temperature, season, humidity, etc. have a systematic influence on the S - B difference, and this skews the mean difference in a way that affects our results.

people on all sides of the debate underestimate how subjectivity in any team member can skew the results of studies.

Steve L., on your post, I agree that a better understanding of the exact nature of how much the off - center technique skews results is important.

selected for conspiratorial content gave the same skewed results as the items from a search that was more focused on potential conspiracism.

These quack science models are further skewed by the modelers» doctrinaire anti-carbon passions, the vetting of their results by the corrupt bureaucracy of the U.N.'s IPCC and the dependence of their salaries on the expectations of funding agencies.

Imposing a flat prior on an observable property, such as the climate feedback or transient climate response, is equivalent to imposing a highly skewed prior on the equilibrium climate sensitivity, and therefore results in narrower posterior likelihood ranges on the climate sensitivity that exclude very high sensitivities.

Pay gap reporting requirements are a good thing, but it has to be recognised that it is fairly simplistic and (a) only says so much about the true picture in any organisation because the methodology required by statute can skew results, and (b) is only one consideration / tool amongst many on considering gender.

On occasion, written responses may be more candid than responses obtained during a meeting if a client is too embarrassed to tell a lawyer directly that they were unhappy with some aspects of the lawyer's service, but overall results can be skewed the other way since those who are happy with the firm are more likely to respond than those who have concerns.

You also won't know whether your results are skewed because you relied on someone else to get your quote for you.

Depending on how many people purchase short - term plans, the risk pool for ACA - compliant plans could become more healthy skewed towards sicker, older consumers, resulting in increased premiums.

Examples include the way the information sector, which includes blockchains and smart contract platforms, hosts many of the larger raises across the entire industry, and as a result a skewed distribution on an industry - specific basis, or the way the finance industry hosts few truly outsized sales but a very large number of solid mid-range projects that are poised to deliver initial products on a relatively near - term basis.