Sentence examples for as a rough indicator from inspiring English sources

The expected frequency of a GO category is We propose to use the ratio of observed to expected frequencies as a rough indicator of enrichment; a ratio above one indicates that the GO category is enriched in the sample with respect to its average expectation, while a ratio below one indicates a depleted GO category.

Using Super Bowl ads as a rough indicator of the high end of the market, he determined that in 2010 the price of an American's attention was six cents per minute.

The time that participants spend at home could serve as a rough indicator of their social interactions.

An estimation of the total daily time that participants spend at any place apart from their home and working environment could serve as a rough indicator of their non-work-related social interactions.

We considered measure values as scores and also regard each as a rough indicator of (a) accuracy, (b) essay length, (c) syntactic complexity, (d) transition, and (e) organization (see Appendix A for example essays).

Based on the results on bond materials used in this research, it was found that the resulting shear strength from monotonic shear test can be used only as a rough indicator for long term interface bonding performance, because not all research and field experience could be reflected in the test results.

Ranking individual genes by their respective contribution to the total PBS values--a rough indicator of phylogenetic utility--reveals that some genes, such as ND5, CR, ND4, CoxI and 16S, are better indicators of galliform evolution than others (Fig. 3A).

Although easy to measure, birth weight is generally considered a rough indicator of fetal growth, as the differences in birth weight may be attributed both to differences in fat and lean mass [ 5].

In particular, dS will serve as a neutral divergence marker among vertebrates while dN will provide a rough indicator of sequence alignment quality across larger phylogenetic distances.

The point of exam results, rather than to be a rough indicator of a young person's academic development, has become to act as the means by which we judge teachers and schools.

There are no exact figures on the number of executives who are changing gears toward teaching, but a rough indicator of the new interest comes from the National Center for Education Information.