Fear of drowning is the greatest predictor of swimming ability, Dr. Irwin said.
Academics Leon Feinstein and James Symons found that parental interest in their child's education was the single greatest predictor of achievement at age 16.
This isn't just anecdotal; a multivariate analysis found that even controlling for other factors, pretrial detention was the single greatest predictor of conviction.
Worldwide, the greatest predictor of women's advancement in science is the extent to which they have equal access to education and careers, not which half of their brains lights up when they are doing a maths puzzle.
Household income is the greatest predictor of Internet use for Americans, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center.
Ten years ago, US military intelligence officials in Iraqi identified having a close family member already involved as the greatest predictor of an individual becoming involved in violent militancy, Islamic or otherwise.
Ten years ago, US military intelligence officials in Iraq identified having a close family member already involved as the greatest predictor of an individual becoming involved in violent militancy, Islamic or otherwise.
He found that the greatest predictor of a woman's chances of having a surgical delivery had less to do with her health, the health of her baby or her doctor and more to do with the hospital she delivered in.
Of the 31 other players in the top half, only one (unseeded David Nalbandian, who lost Saturday) has reached the final at Wimbledon, the premier grass-court tournament, which should serve as the greatest predictor of success at these Olympics.
Social connection is not only the greatest predictor of long-term happiness – the study I did at Harvard is 0.7 correlation, which doesn't sound very sexy, but is stronger than the connection between smoking and cancer.
A study that Park co-authored this year found that in a survey of thousands of college freshmen, the greatest predictor of whether a student applied early to college was if he or she received private admission counseling — extra help, usually for a hefty fee, that some families hire to supplement their school's counselor.
