Sentence examples for measure industry from inspiring English sources

Last year's quiz had seventy-one questions, including "Who gave the famous speech 'Ain't I a Woman?' " (Sojourner Truth); "What does the Herfindahl-Hirschman index measure?" (industry concentration); and "Who killed (a) Duncan (b) McKinley (c) Cock Robin (d) Ron Goldman, and (e) Vaudeville?" (Macbeth, Czolgosz, the sparrow with the bow and arrow, etc).

There are various ways to measure industry concentration.

In order to measure industry effects, a distinction was made between industries based on 2-digit Standard Industrial Classification SICcodesdes from the COMPUSTAT database (cf. Kim et al. 2012).

This measure of brand concentration is similar to the Herfindahl index used to measure industry concentration.

Superconducting cable used to cost around $1,500 per kiloamp per metre, the standard industry measure of conducting capacity.

Clearly, an important future task will be to measure industry-wise quality-adjusted deflators to obtain relevant productivities.

Campaign intensity is measured in Television Ratings (TVRs, also known as Gross Rating Points, or GRPs), a standard industry measure of campaign reach multiplied by frequency.

Revenue per available room, the standard industry measure, has fallen by one-third, Smith Travel and PKF data show.

Revenue per average room, the standard industry measure, declined 25.8 percent, to $196.18, from $264.41, more than anywhere else.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, which measures industry confidence, rose to 14 in April from 9 in March — the first time it has been in double digits since October (when it was also at 14).

By the World Bank's measures, industry (including manufacturing) fell from contributing 40% of the UK's GDP in 1979 to just 34% in 1990 – and has since fallen more dramatically still to just under 22%.