Sentence examples for diffusion index from inspiring English sources

Unsurprisingly, the idea of diffusion index is hardly new.

Does this mean that a diffusion index is not useful in predicting recessions?

The percentage of the people in the room saying yes is basically the diffusion index.

At least since the 1950s and 1960s, economists have studied the use of a diffusion index.

So, what is this magical "diffusion index" that enables us to tell the future?

A diffusion index is a method of summarizing the common tendency of a group of statistical series.

We used TBSS to analyze the diffusion indices including fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity (MD), axial diffusivity (AD), and radial diffusivity (RD).

Some economists also use sets of statistics called diffusion indexes to calculate economic turning points.

These are diffusion indexes, in which a reading of 50 indicates most employers are neither hiring nor firing.

This way, we can find out if real time diffusion indexes could have delivered good forecasts.

Macroeconomic Forecasting Using Diffusion Indexes (with James H. Stock), Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, April 2002, Vol. 20 No. 2, 147-162.