Sentence examples for imperfect measures from inspiring English sources

Second, SEM accommodated the bias in the estimates due to the measurement error associated with imperfect measures in the data by using multiple indicators for most of the latent variables.

While measurement of various islet autoantibodies may aid discrimination, these are imperfect measures, 16 and most importantly, the presence of islet autoimmunity does not in itself determine treatment requirement.

By several imperfect measures, G.T.A. IV, which sells for $60 in the United States, is shaping up to be one of the biggest products in entertainment history.

"Rankings are imperfect measures, and move around year to year, but they do tell you the company you are keeping," she said in a statement.

In the Middle East, because we are already deep into the realm of having to contemplate imperfect measures that might forestall disaster, rather than solutions that anybody would find morally satisfying, the American example offers a hope, though a distant one.

"We're dealing with so much uncertainty, and we have imperfect measures," says Olson. "But we need to know what they're weaknesses are".

The authors caution that this first look at phthalates, obesity, and insulin resistance is limited by the study's cross-sectional design and the single measurement of urine phthalate metabolites (an imperfect measure of long-term exposure).

Moreover, GDP is a very imperfect measure of human welfare.

But patent counts alone, Mr. Gates noted, are an imperfect measure of a company's innovative activity.

And the market-determined salary of a job generally offers the best — if imperfect — measure of its importance.

Arrests last week fell by 65percentt, although arrests can be an imperfect measure of enforcement during a crime lull.