Using the predicted values of π j, cult and shc, we computed the expected crop pollination rate of each sampled mother j under the best fitted model.
When simulated crop yields were normally (sd = 0.25) or Student's t distributed (df = 154) around expected crop yields, 28%and57%7% of all reported ratios fell within the 95% confidence interval of the simulations, respectively.
Reducing the renewable-fuel standard by a mere 20 percent — equivalent to about a billion bushels of corn — would offset nearly half of the expected crop loss due to the drought.
We tested crop type and soil moisture (Palmer crop moisture index (CMI)) as predictors of expected crop condition.
Mr Reed expects a crop of new start-ups run by former staffers to sprout including one to be launched by himself and Dylan Richard, the campaign's director of engineering.
New York State is expecting a crop of around 30 million bushels, which you'll notice is slightly fewer than Michigan's predicted crop.
In addition to these measures, lawmakers are expecting a crop of "mushroom" bills, last-minute proposals that seem to sprout in the dark of night during the waning hours of the legislative year.
"Everyone is saying not much is happening, and then three months later things will emerge". Blendon, Hoadley and Altman all expect another crop of stories about the health-care law to turn up at some point soon.
The auguries, in fact, were generally positive: Taliban attacks were down from the previous summer; farmers were expecting a bumper crop of pomegranates; a few closed schools had reopened.
Hume (1740, pp. 520 521) takes up this question, using an example: Two neighboring farmers each expect a bumper crop of corn.
