Sentence examples for credible measures from inspiring English sources

The best outcome will be premiums based on objective and credible measures of educational gain.

Practical, credible measures to attain this political imperative are nowhere to be found in Mr Cameron's strategy.

The fund also reiterated its longstanding criticism of the United States budget deficits, saying that the Bush administration had yet to take "credible measures" in reducing the deficit.

"It is critical for a nation that cherishes its democratic legitimacy to seek credible measures of how citizens think, feel, and act in electoral contexts," Lupia and the political scientist Jon Krosnick have written.

"On the one hand, the Greek government has to offer truly credible measures to reach the lower target budget surplus and it has to show its commitment to the more limited set of reforms," Blanchard wrote in his economic blog.

"Further short-run fiscal expansion paired with credible measures to deal with longer-term deficits would be a good idea," said Alan J. Auerbach, a professor of economics and law at the University of California, Berkeley.

Corruption around the world remains a deeply entrenched, global concern according to Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) - the world's most credible measure of of domestic, public sector corruption.

Measured this way, annual inflation jumped from 3.9% in November to 4.4% last month, the highest for 15 years and double the rate in December 2005.This is a worry for the bank because the public regards the RPI as a more credible measure of inflation than the consumer-prices index (CPI).

Prior studies show that external funding events provide a relevant and credible measure to compare the future success of start-ups, as external financing is critical for growth and survival (Dean and Giglierano, 1990; Davila et al., 2003; Mina et al., 2013).

"DNA test results are not any substitute for tribal kinship ties or any credible measure of tribal belonging," said Galanda, a citizen of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, a Native rights advocate, and a nationally known opponent of the practice of tribal disenrollment.

Good statistical practice requires associating a credible measure of uncertainty with any parameter estimate.