If the site-specific normals did not show the highest correlation (as was the case about half of the time), we selected the 3 10 normals with the highest correlation as the reference set (the number of normals picked was based on correlation; if 5 normals had high correlation with the tumor and 6th normal had much lower correlation, we used just 5 normals).
"If the Ryder Cup pick is based on what you shot the last round of the P.G.A., that's pretty shortsighted," Azinger said.
The service, called Best College Picks, is based on research from the Institute for Research on Higher Education, which has surveyed nearly 40,000 people about their jobs, their values and how they spend their time.
His pick is based on the same Hyperion timing model that called the Microsoft short: It is based on weekly price data and locates reversals, also knows as pivot points, to trade on.
Anderson and Parvizi admitted adding their own funds to investments carried out on behalf of Hind, but both insisted they had no reason to suspect his stock picks were based on price-sensitive insider information.
Mr. Carlson said his picks were based on the assumption that investors would be able to choose from a full range of target-date funds, for example, in an Individual Retirement Account.
"Dartmouth is proud that some of the world's leading money managers are Dartmouth alumni," said the college's general counsel, Robert B. Donin, adding that the picks were "based on a manager's strategy, expertise and performance history," rather than ties to the university.
Their picks were based on the amount of fiscal and physical harm to patients, the vulnerability of the targeted patients and the scientific inaccuracy of the claims themselves.
Preferred picks are based on a wide variety of factors, with the BBC aiming to put together a strong cross-section of the season that delivers for audiences.
