Sentences with phrase «such small indicators»

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For oil, small business will be closely watching the races in certain battle ground states such as South Dakota for indicators on what will happen with the Keystone Pipeline XL.

So I then explained why I didn't consider those stats in my initial comment (because they're misleading in such a small sample size), used his full numbers as an indicator of how misleading they can be, and then identified the relatively small number of power showings compared to the rest of his performance.

Have a look for yourself: a comparison of the predictions below (such as «visible in small telescopes») to the magnitude of each comet shows just how poor an indicator the magnitude alone really is.

The specific changes included in ESSA — including the important ones, such as requiring states to use at least one indicator other than scores — are just very small steps, as a comparison with the recommendations in the previous two chapters makes clear.

There are very few districts such as Raleigh that have at any point actively tried to desegregate schools by socioeconomic indicators, and the small size of districts in many states makes it impossible in a practical sense to try.

As far as drain protection, I have found that even small drains such as the indicator light on a phone charger left plugged in, can drain the battery after a couple of days.

The number of consumers who will see a bigger bump in their score is small, FICO said, because most consumers who have a tax lien or judgment on their file still have other derogatory indicators such as collections or serious delinquencies on their credit file, which will remain after the public record information is removed.

And really, temperature is such a small part of the whole system, it is mildly irritating to see so much focus on temperatures and so little on all the other indicators in climate kinetics of increasing unnatural chaos due external forcing.

This necessitates reporting on progress in addressing both the larger, cumulative indicators (such as life expectancy, unemployment and contact with criminal justice processes) which reflect the consequences of a number of contributing factors, as well as identifying progress in improving these smaller, more individualised factors.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

It does, however, require that such a target be supported with the establishment of other, more detailed targets and benchmarks on a number of discrete, smaller indicators relating to health status and which exist over the short and medium term.