Some measures have been proposed, among them one based on relative entropy.
But in most guidelines, such as the one for cholesterol, decisions are never based on relative risk, because 20 years of scholarship have shown that they are misleading.
Rather, success is based on relative speed that is, identifying opportunities and making decisions more quickly than one's opponent, thereby forcing him into a constant state of reaction.
Separation is based on relative boiling points of the components.
One could pull out based on relative phase preference.
Weights are generally based on relative sales volume.
Concentration ratios or assessments of dominance based on relative market shares were straightforward to measure.
For individual sgRNA lentivirus production, reactions were scaled down based on relative surface area where needed.
Figure 1: Pie charts of peptides/transcripts based on relative abundance as a percentage.
The cause of hyperthyroidism may be distinguished based on relative differences in the concentrations of thyroxine, triiodothyronine, and thyrotropin.
Some archaeological timescales are based on relative dating techniques, such as stratigraphy, which illuminate a sequence of change.
