But the RPI (retail price index) on which the figures are based is currently at 2.5%.
Unlike actively managed funds, E.T.F.'s are only as good as the index on which they are based.
That outpaced the swings in the stock index on which Mr. Madoff had apparently based his trading strategy.
Beginning with the 1998 academic year, the O.U.A. dispensed with the guidelines tables and the Scuga point system in favor of a "selection index," on which an applicant could score a maximum of 150 points.
Nowadays, it is widely used as the main reference solar index on which hundreds of published studies are based, in various fields of science.
Previous research pointed out how the model's design is a crucial task that can heavily influence analyses results, and how merging compartments for the purpose of comparing two or more different ecosystems can significantly alter the indices on which the comparison is based.
Caught as the proverbial deer in the headlights, Barclays Chairman Robert E. Diamond Jr. resigned this week and offered a plaintive defense to the British Parliament that he learned only recently that his bank was manipulating the index on which so large a part of international trade is based.
The index on which the report is based has five primary indicators: (1) number of homicides per 100,000 people, (2) number of violent crimes per 100,000 people, (3) number of people in jail per 100,000 people, (4) number of police officers per 100,000 people and (5) general availability of small arms.
Values and life goals are assessed by an interview based on the patient's response on the pain disability index, on which affected life domains are reported.
The answers on the five items are summarized into an index on which 1.00 represents 'full health' and 0.00 the value of 'being dead' [ 7].
