To overcome this problem in part, a blinded external observer could be used to provide objective and observational measures of functional outcomes.
She alerted the local authority, which sent in an external observer who confirmed her fears.
To an external observer, the events of those August nights passed in the blink of an eye.
"I want visitors to feel enveloped, wrapped-up and involved in the experience, rather than adopting the position of an external observer".
By definition, there can be nothing outside the universe, no external observer or measurer to conjure up this particular universe from the plentitude of possibilities.
Any external observer - who has never met your kids - will make a beeline for the two stoners in the corner who barely know they are inside a building, let alone in a lesson.
"My impression — as an external observer, and that's what I am now — is that the response has been quite competent," said Dr. Julio Frenk, a former Mexican health minister who is now dean of Harvard's School of Public Health.
We take the point of view of an external observer who has access to limited information about broad macroscopic economic features.
Having been an external observer to the work that has been done by Berkman Klein, I know it sits in a good neutral position for me to be able to do that.
"It's a little bit curious for an external observer because it seems to be fast, it seems to be too much at once, but that's actually what we have promised," Mr. Kovacs said.
It is hard to draw firm conclusions when the Elders' work is always bound to be most effective in the margins, in ways that may not always be obvious to the external observer.
