Sentences with phrase «skews numbers»

That skews the numbers heavily, and the 10 % ROI narrative — and any spinoff stories, like the one told by Arthena — may be equally as unreliable.

Taking into consideration the fact that the Nintendo consoles have a higher ratio of shovelware that is rushed out to take advantage of their popularity, which skews the numbers drastically, the study broke down the average reviews into the quarters in which they were released.

But of course, for those knowledgeable of the Wailea Beach Villas, the sale of a REO (foreclosure) in unit PH - 208 skews the numbers significantly, as it sold for $ 916 per square foot and thereby puts unnecessary downwards pressure on overall values.

Because of these no - adoption policies this unfairly skews the numbers being reported as euthanized given a misrepresentation that there is an overpopulation issue.

I think it skews the numbers dramatically.

Some people, like Harlem State Sen. Bill Perkins, think that including the more affluent Hudson Valley counties in the calculation skews the numbers, putting affordable housing out of the reach of poorer residents.

What Viva fails to mention is that this was a «mail - in» poll which skews numbers in favor of those organized enough to coordinate a response.

He made the All - Star team in 20 of his 22 seasons, which skews the numbers.

Telecom mergers represented the largest sector in terms of deal value in the UK last year, although Liberty Global's takeover of Virgin Media, heavily skewed the numbers, according to Mergermarket.

Check out the violent and racial crime statistics, preferably from non-mainstream sources, since mainstream sources skew the numbers with misrepresentation (ie.

I can skew numbers any way you want.

Yeah, lumping multiple positions together does skew the numbers quite a bit, because you're adding in more higher - paid players.

And did these plays occur in multiple games and multiple seasons leading to multiple losses rather than just a single bad day or small number of bad days skewing the numbers?

I have no doubt that some amount of self selection is going on and skewing the numbers.

To be fair, with numbers this low, a single really bad practitioner could be badly skewing the numbers.

Also in TechBytes: more detail on Obama's data - driven TV ad - buying effort, which helped him get far more bang for the buck than his rival (though with one caveat: I've also heard it said that Romney's ad - buying was particularly incompetent, which may skew the numbers).

One possible contribution to these skewed numbers may be a «cohort effect.»

Though I had a viral post on a weekend, which I'm sure skewed my numbers and during MCM training my weekly recaps were pretty high traffic.

I had two expensive purchases this year, which skew my numbers significantly.

And we all know they skewed those numbers about reliability!

At least part of it probably is, which may skew the numbers, but maybe not.

One fly in the ointment is that eBooks are separated from print, because this can skew the numbers greatly.

Digital comics are relatively expensive on Kickstarter: The average price of a digital comic in that group was $ 9, but the most common price was $ 10 (one very high price and a few lower ones skewed the numbers).

The iPad has simply added to the total number of people who identify as owning an e-reader, and because of its immense success (which I am in no way trying to deny), it has skewed the numbers.

I like to believe there are a lot of readers like me skewing these numbers especially since people like me are exactly the kind of people who would volunteer to have there activity tracked in return for free and discounted ebooks.

We do a lot of sales on our bundles as part of our weekend sales, and we see a big boost on them in those time periods, which kind of skew the numbers to make them look more popular, but on a weekly basis they are neck and neck.

They are skewing the number... and yes if we ARE going to count these people then we must include all those in the query - go - round to at least balance the scales.

If you're far enough along on your home loan such that your mortgage - interest tax deduction isn't worth much, and you plan to invest the money through a tax - qualified account such as a Roth IRA rather than a taxable account, that may skew the numbers in favor of investing over paying down the mortgage — assuming you're fairly certain about your market returns.

Even then you could get a gap that will skew that number as well.

Those with low credit scores as a result of bankruptcy and foreclosure have seen their scores plummet further, which also drags down the national average credit score and can skew numbers quite a bit.

I worry the timing of this once in a lifetime sum will skew our numbers beyond our reality.

So it appears that in all areas, government has skewed the numbers systemically in such a way that there is no science of Economics.

The fact is that even if I had tried to skew the numbers in favor of WOW the cheapest flights I could see (in September) would only have been $ 30 cheaper and so would have made no difference to the result.

As mentioned, there are many other factors to consider when choosing a rewards program and special seasonal promotions can always skew these numbers but this should provide you with a general idea of which programs offer you the most in return for your money.

It was so successful on PS4 because everyone on Plus got it for free which definitely skewed the numbers.

I contacted Gamasutra, which was the first to admit that certain factors probably skew their numbers, particularly for audio.

Yep, get all indignant, but skewed numbers on a page still can't contradict the melting of glaciers, ice caps, and observed change of climate.

According to GISS trend map from 1970 to 2006 we've seen a warming of 0.73 C. Even with my oversimplifications and estimates to skew the number higher, we see the predicted increase is less than half of the observed.

Take into consideration non-recoverable costs that may skew the numbers.

Congress and the public were misled by skewed numbers, painting a dishonest picture of court dynamics and displaying an indifference to public safety and national security.

If you've got a lousy record and misrepresent this on the online form, you're naturally going to skew the numbers in your favor.

I understand that for the sake of insurance rates these ratios mean nothing and the numbers you cited are what matters, but if you're using these skewed numbers as «proof» that men are worse drivers then you need to do a lot more Math.

There could have been some large fund closings last year that skewed the numbers a bit.

So - called «teams» skew the numbers for starters.

«But big deals in 2015 skewed the numbers on year - over-year performance.»

Overall I woud rather have slightly skewed numbers with disclaimers than nothing at all.

It is the lenders involved which are left holding the bags (which said lenders loaned out the dollars in the first place willy - nilly to anyone with a pulse) which are using the non-services of the so - called discounters, thus skewing the numbers in favour of the discounters during hard economic times (for the lenders as well as for the former mortgagors with pulses).

It will be interesting, over time, to see the stats produced following the advent of mere listings and how that will skew the numbers.

Maybe a few more higher - end / luxury homes sold that month than normal which account for the climb by skewing the numbers.

Rates were near 20 % in the «80s which is skewing this number.