We only include it to serve as an yardstick for the four statistical methods.
As a yardstick for determining whether a fuel economy improvement is worthwhile for a heavy truck, it can be very misleading, the researchers said.
"We need a yardstick for success.
"The publishers that are setting the ground rules right now are making higher C.P.M.'s," said Michael Greene, an analyst at Forrester Research, referring to the cost per thousand impressions, a yardstick for the value of an ad.
No sane person selects a dentist or radiographer on the basis of their physical features, although I'm sure some people out there do use attractiveness as a yardstick for competence when selecting a children's nanny, or pool cleaner.
By liquidating its portfolio and turning it into real cash, it became a yardstick for the investment performance of a microfinance institution.At first sight, its returns look unexciting: just 6% annually, despite lots of risk.
The other is the canonical Great American Songbook – which is not a book at all but a yardstick for old-fashioned, well crafted lyrics and melodies composed by the likes of Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart and Johnny Mercer and sung by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.
At least the report offers a yardstick for measuring future failures.
Richard Strauss called for "lots of horns, which are always a yardstick for heroism".
The mortgage industry has a yardstick for measuring the size of those profits.
