The results show that policy makers rated the procedure as being highly relevant to policy making, scientifically credible, usable by policy makers and feasible to implement in the policy making process.
While this could potentially be addressed by assigning more weight to the answers of this group, it would be difficult to decide on the weight that should be used, and there are no indications that policy makers rated the importance of the items differently compared to other participants.
3. Overall, how do decision makers rate their current resource allocation practice?
Straight bonds from oil and gas rig maker Transocean, rated BBB+ by S&P, are selling for 93 cents.
Cisco Systems csco rose 1.14% on news that the Internet equipment maker was rated "buy" in new coverage by analyst Walter Piecyk at PaineWebber.
Oracle orcl rose sharply after the database-software maker was rated "new long-term buy" by analysts at CE Unterberg Towbin, who said they expect the stock to rise to $45 in the next 12 months.
Importance for EU decision makers was rated as low and for European transport industry managers low to medium (see Table 10, Annex).
8) Wall Street estimates and ratings will be reduced in the coming weeks, since many of the equipment makers are rated "buy".
The state Air Resources Board estimates that 40% of air pollution comes from automotive exhaust emissions and is requiring that, by 2003, 2% of passenger vehicles sold in the state by the largest auto makers be rated as zero-emission vehicles.
The fact that the MME has originated from an official request got the lowest ranking, and even the fact of being used in practice by decision-makers was rated low.
This system enables policy makers to rate the quality of epidemiological data and how well study findings can be generalized to larger populations.
