Sentences with phrase «smaller than the difference»

And when biased reviewers took more than 2.8 % off the scores awarded to grants from the nonpreferred applicants, the bias began to affect funding decisions — even though that number is smaller than the difference in scores produced by randomness.

The pasture - raised eggs also contained longer - chain menaquinones, which were entirely absent in the conventionally - raised eggs, so total K2 content differed by about 20 % — much smaller than the difference between the chicken and duck eggs!

This gap is substantially smaller than the difference between what is perceived and what is desired on most other topics.

To me the difference between 5000 ppm and 426 ppm in the atmosphere is smaller than the difference between 500,000 ppm and 500,001 ppm.

The differences between groups of Repub voters on any given issue are far smaller than the differences arising from more or less extreme conspiracy theories (for example, only about 20 per cent of each group think that the Sandy Hook shootings were faked).

An inspection of the mean plots (see Fig. 2) indicated that the differences in scores over time for the low CU group was smaller than the differences in scores over time for the high CU group, suggesting that the high CU group demonstrated more change (i.e., improvement) on these scales with treatment.

Not exact matches

A study on waiters and tipping published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology demonstrates how even tiny gifts can make a big difference, finding that: «Customers who received a small piece of chocolate along with [their] check tipped more than did customers who received no candy.»

A small show of appreciation makes more difference than you realize.

This decentralized approach would also ensure an understanding of the differences in Alberta's markets, which focus on smaller companies and individual, rather than institutional, investors.

Eating better is hard to do all at once, but making small switches, down to the seemingly innocuous snacks you sneak throughout the day, can make a bigger difference than you'd think.

While the difference in funding is massive, it's slightly smaller than in previous years.

That $ 38 difference in resale prices is remarkable considering TiqIQ says the smallest difference in price between the men's and women's finals was in 2012, when the average ticket price for the men's final was $ 150 more than for the women's final.

At 4.7 - inches, the smaller iPhone 6 is just.2 - inches larger than the iPhone 5, so the difference there is negligible.

Overall, the national study revealed there are more similarities than differences between small business owners in all diverse segments and those in the general population.

While these differences seem small, they add up to a little more than 145 hours per year, or more than three weeks of wages.

There are more similarities than differences across diverse small - business owner segments.

The results also showed that the most expensive place for renters insurance was 13 % higher than the cheapest, which is a small difference compared to other state.

It's true that the largest of the large - cap stocks are less overvalued today than in 2000, but even on a capitalization - weighted basis, the difference is far smaller than one might think once profit margins are taken into account.

This reveals that differences in mortgage rate between states are relatively small: On a 30 - year loan for $ 200,000, the average mortgage borrower pays $ 3,384 more in the most expensive state than in the cheapest.

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the lDifferences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the ldifferences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor force.

The lower the interest rate the smaller the difference will tend to be between the spot price and the prices for future delivery, so in a world dominated by ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) the differences between spot and futures prices will generally be smaller than usual.

The women reportedly got paid lower salaries and smaller bonuses than their male peers, even after weighing differences in education, experience, and other factors that could explain the pay gaps.

The church attendance drop does appear to be genuine, but small, when you compare rates at same age, but the prayer difference seems to be just an age issue: «Although Millennials report praying less often than their elders do today, the GSS shows that Millennials are in sync with Generation X and Baby Boomers when members of those generations were younger.»

There is no difference between a small church than a mega church.

A change in the U.S. pricing and subsidy system might not make enormous differences for small farmers worldwide, but with many of the world's farmers living on less than $ 1 per day, small differences turn out to be significant.

The long peppers of India and Indonesia come from slender climbers that have sparser - looking foliage than P. nigrum, the most noticeable difference between the two being that the fruits of Indian long pepper (P. longum) are smaller and less pungent than those of Javanese long pepper (P. retrofractum).

By choosing things like Fairtrade, ethically produced, Organics etc and by buying from small producers rather than big supermarkets we can make a genuine difference to people's lives.

As per the recipe, the oatmeal uses only 1 cup of pumpkin puree, so the size of the can doesn't make a difference (the smallest can will have more than 1 cup in it).

It helped a little, but I still think there is a small difference than the original texture.

Even such small differences in height can mess with people's muscle memory as they walk up the stairs, causing them to bash their toes into the lip rather than clear it.

dzeko - this would most likely be a last minute body in to bolster the attack for next season a loan would be better in this case than buying him, he would serve well as a back up giroud through the season and he has a knack of scoring against smaller teams could be worth extra 15 - 20 goals a season might be the difference at the end of season

The difference between Lackey and Darvish over two months is likely to be much smaller than you think, and while it looks like the Cubs will need every last win, it's harder and harder to justify a huge prospect dump for a rental after the Quintana trade.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

So if Arsenal lose — and remember that West Brom are managed by Tony Pulis, who is magnificently obdurate, and just dissected Chelsea, who are a significantly better team than Arsenal — and United win, then there's just the small matter of a seven - goal swing in goal difference to be made up.

The time differences between the eggs are very small, and possibly more down to our inaccurate timing than anything else.

Significant difference is, off course, with 4 - wheel version — which, typically are less maneuverable than their 3 - wheeled counterparts — and perhaps, as reviews are concerned, may have a smaller basket, perhaps due to distance in wheelbase in the 3 versus 4 - wheel cart.

In fact, a report published last month — Differences Between Rural and Urban Areas in Mortality Rates for the Leading Causes of Infant Death: United States, 2013 — 2015 — which describes the mortality rates for the five leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death in the United States across rural, small and medium urban, and large urban counties, showed that infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates were higher in rural counties than in large urban counties.

The analysis by parity indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in adverse neonatal outcomes for nulliparous women although the numbers are much smaller than the Birthplace in England study.

Better a little big than a little small, and the differences in size are not really that much after all.

Rates of obstetrical intervention are high in U.S. hospitals, and we found large absolute differences in the risks of these interventions between planned out - of - hospital births and in - hospital births.38 In contrast, serious adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes are infrequent in all the birth settings we assessed, and the absolute differences in risk that we observed between planned birth locations were correspondingly small; for example, planned out - of - hospital births were associated with an excess of less than 1 fetal death per 1000 deliveries in multivariate and propensity - score - adjusted analyses.

It is a little more difficult for a baby to digest formula than breast milk and this results in some small differences in their poop.

Multiples sharing a placenta could mean one twin being smaller than the other, sometimes the difference is huge.

The differences were small, though — in the latter study, the babies spent eight minutes less in REM sleep, on average, in those first few hours than babies in the control group did.

Both studies reported some increased risk in morbidity among women with more than one prior cesarean delivery, although the absolute magnitude of the difference in these risks was small (eg, 2.1 % versus 3.2 % composite major morbidity in one study)(74).

Whether you're making the best of a smaller - than - average bedroom, designing a shared space, or literally putting baby in a closet, these small nursery ideas can make a big difference.

The only difference is that between feedings lesser amount of milk will be stored in small breasts than in large ones.

The small differences in IQ points between breast fed and bottle fed children, 21 and between children breast fed for less than five months or more than five months, 10 are unlikely to have clinical significance.

But the boundaries I * think * will make a relatively small difference, and less than some hope / fear.

«Rather than letting this happen, the Government should have searched for a solution that fits into an overall government strategy for the taxation of small businesses — and one that addresses the differences between the taxation of different types of income, and between incorporated and unincorporated businesses.

While the difference is too small to really make a fuss about, it also means that Ashcroft's polls now show a slightly smaller swing in Con held marginals than nationally — in line with what we'd expect given the normal incumbency effect.