Win-loss records can be flawed indicators about a pitcher's value.
The "State of Iraq" (Op-Chart, Sept. 9) presents a set of numerical indicators about "progress" in Iraq.
But, in the absence of this being a specific category in criminal statistics, these cases don't amount to indicators about the prevalence of online abuse.
Brookings has published a definitive monthly Iraq index for the duration of the conflict, measuring key indicators about operations and the progress of life in the country.
Market experts note that while there have been some dramatic recoveries in markets today – French and German stock markets have rallied more than 8% – other indicators about sentiment are less vitriolic.
Where she chooses for her first official trip abroad representing DfID will be one of the first indicators about what areas of the humanitarian and development landscape she might prioritise: emergency assistance, global health or gender-based violence?
Retailers hoping for clear indicators about the strength of the holiday shopping season did not get much guidance from their October sales results, which left some of them with more confidence and others with increased caution.
— The road to victory in the Masters will meet at the intersection of Tradition and Teen Nation, a crossroads that will yield some key indicators about what the future holds — both for golf's annual rite of spring and for the game itself.
Together, these two sets of data, meticulously collected in the same area, are beginning to offer up intriguing indicators about climate change — not about what is causing it but rather how it affects the lives of animals, plants, insects and birds.
The indexes for Iraq and for Afghanistan, produced by researchers at the Brookings Institution to track a range of statistics to analyze progress (or lack thereof) in both countries, use iCasualties for their basic indicators about how the fighting is going.
For example, the dataset of economic indicators about some petroleum projects are listed in Table 3.
