While some studies have found a "halo effect" in which the quality of care can improve beyond the targeted indicators to other indicators within a given condition and perhaps to other conditions, 11 others have found no such effect.
The results establish the relationship between the variation of the collapse performance of the building as a function of each collapse indicator, and identify the range over which variation of the collapse indicator significantly influences collapse performance, as well as upper and lower bounds beyond which the indicator is not significant.
Beyond the physical indicators, however, the relationship is deteriorating.
But while the report, released by the Highway Loss Data Institute, presents some self-evident truths, it also makes a strong case for looking beyond the usual indicators when researching the potential costs of owning a particular car.
Amy Neftzger, director of surveys and assessment for Healthways, says the survey is meant to draw attention to quality of life beyond the standard indicators, which have traditionally included statistics like median income, poverty rates and life expectancy.
It must be stressed that the detailed and operational specification of the indicators goes beyond the objectives of the present study; this is why some indicators are only broadly defined.
The indicators are everywhere.
The indicators are good".
Formally, beyond the headcount indicator v0 that takes a value of 1 if w < wmin and of 0 when w ≥ wmin (where w is the individual wage, wmin is the relevant minimum wage), the measure for the depth of underpayment is defined as: ( {v}_1={frac{left({w}_{mathrm{min}}-wright)}{w_{mathrm{min}}}}^{propto } ) if w < wmin, 0 otherwise.
Beyond the development of the indicator framework, the research plan adopting the V-Model approach foresees to translate the framework into an assessment method which will then in several iteration cycles be verified and validated in real world.
