Sentences with phrase «useful yardstick»

Conversely, if there was no satisfactory explanation the estimate might remain a useful yardstick with which to measure reasonableness.

The estimate is a useful yardstick by which the reasonableness of the costs may be measured.

But it's a useful yardstick.

Commodities can be measured in this fashion to other commodities, but they lack the uniformity, consistency and familiarity and fungibility of gold which make it a useful yardstick.

While manufacturers» official figures are often hard to match in the real world, they serve as a useful yardstick when comparing cars.

Not exact matches

On that same note, as you read this introductory article and discover how useful the P / E ratio can be, keep in mind you can't always rely on price - to - earnings ratios as the be-all-end-all yardstick in determining whether a company's stock is expensive.

Astronomers thought that all Type Ia supernovas shine with the same brightness, making them incredibly useful cosmic yardsticks.

Benchmarking, as it's called, is only useful if you compare your performance with an appropriate yardstick.

If there is a satisfactory explanation for the difference then the estimate may cease to be useful as a yardstick with which to measure reasonableness.