Sentences with phrase «standard of comparison»

With a flat, thin crystal, researchers had a better standard of comparison for their simulations.

One useful standard of comparison is the federal government's estimate of the median wage for all jobs.

Possibly more troublesome is reference bias, which occurs when survey responses are influenced by differing standards of comparison.

There's some logic to that accusation: I've given many high - rated Wii games very low scores, and although it's hard to really call that a vendetta against the Wii without a broader standard of comparison in other consoles, I'll readily admit that I think I cut Wii games (and games in general) less slack than other reviewers.

«Nothing in the record suggests that an «equilibrium» climate model is the right standard of comparison.

If you decide to set very few limitations on what you deem as required, achievable or desirable qualities, a high standard of comparison to someone else can determine whether or not you have «all the required and desirable elements.»

He said that, with more than 100 different blends or grades of crude oil each with its own carbon content, the EPA should not use an «average crude oil» as a standard of comparison.

Most notably, upon Whitehead's remark that precisely «because it arises out of no actual world [the primordial nature] has within it no components which are standards of comparison» (PR 47).

The first reading of some literary work is often, to the literary, an experience so momentous that only experiences of love, religion, or bereavement can furnish a standard of comparison.

Moreover, the standard of comparison would be not the performance of other students but the best available models of what is true and excellent.

Here, it seemed, was the quintessence of Western civilization, which we had taken for centuries as our standard of comparison, and suddenly we realized that the new Rome was no more a match for the barbarian than the ancient Rome had been.

We the people love greatness; those who are truly great become not only our heroes, but also our standards of comparison.

Jupiter is a standard of comparison for all gas giants, within and beyond the solar system.

Explains Bolton, Jupiter is a standard of comparison for all gas giants — both within and beyond our solar system.

Another limitation is the lack of a control group, e.g., a Jell - O meal without any walnuts or walnut components, which would have provided a standard of comparison.

That's if we're using ole Marty Scorsese's Raging Bull as the standard of comparison.

It does not help that one is never treated to a glimpse to what Jerry was like before the drugs, thus never lending the audience to a standard of comparison.

Use a 2.00 % return as a standard of comparison.

This gives employers a better picture of your qualifications and provides a standard of comparison between other candidates.

Performance metrics provide a standard of comparison between candidates and help employers make their decisions.

Although he declined to label this arrangement as a «typical» partial custody order, Judge Baer used this standard of comparison to determine whether 84 days was an «unusual amount of time.»

Consumers could use that information as a standard of comparison.