It's easy to understand the growing popularity of such establishments: the idea of doing one thing and doing it well is an excellent gauge of quality.
Beginning with social-indicator research, there has been a long tradition of using social standards – such as income level, number of friends, or personal assets – as a gauge of quality of life.
Others, however, felt that personal experience was the best gauge of quality of care, "if my doctor is nice and they don't make me ill, then I think it's fine" (608 Female aged 18 years).
Analyses of maternal health data to assess maternal mortality, causes of maternal deaths and substandard care factors are among the gauges of the quality of health care in a particular health facility.
Under the federal law, states choose the minimum size necessary to produce a statistically reliable gauge of school quality.
The national wine industry views the competition as the broadest, most reliable gauge of the quality and style of New York's expanding wine industry.
All the patients had congestive heart failure or had suffered heart attacks, conditions that are considered a good gauge of the quality of medical care.
And education scholars say that in a system where all teachers are winners, a crucial gauge of teacher quality is essentially lost.
So, by using the cash flow/net income ratio as a gauge of earnings quality, you can reduce the likelihood of being burned by a profit shortfall.
