Sentences with phrase «somewhat arbitrary numbers»

We don't recommend either one of these approaches because they use somewhat arbitrary numbers.

It's a somewhat arbitrary number, but it's about the cost of a chai latte — in other words, a frivolous throw - away cost.

Or, you could choose a somewhat arbitrary number of sectors, and a desired allocation based on an arbitrary acceptable «balance» level.

Not exact matches

«Current approaches to diagnosing ADHD depend on a somewhat arbitrary cutoff point for the number of symptoms.»

«When we're on a long journey, we have a right to celebrate when the odometer rolls over at some round number of miles, even if we're perfectly aware that the round number is somewhat arbitrary,» says Peter Suber, who is the director of Harvard University's Office for Scholarly Communication.

Because that knowledge is not firm for all nutrients, the numbers are somewhat arbitrary.

Rather than define a somewhat arbitrary threshold for a La Niña / El Niño year (i.e. based on the size of the index and number of months exceeding a certain threshold) or limiting the analysis to one ENSO index, I first took the average of the three indices mentioned above (ONI, MEI, and SOI, accounting for the fact that positive SOI indicates La Niña conditions while the opposite is true for ONI and MEI).

The exact numbers are somewhat arbitrary, but my point was that putting 0 % in is too little and putting a large fraction in would be taking too much emphasis away from emissions reduction.

The numbers here are somewhat arbitrary, but I think they demonstrate the order of magnitude

Where possible, the aim is to create a meaningful split into children with poorer and better health, although for some measures the dividing line is necessarily somewhat arbitrary and reflects the need to have sufficient numbers in each group for analysis purposes.

These numbers are somewhat arbitrary — you can assign them whatever relative value you like.