Arming local factions proved a poor instrument for establishing central control.
Spontaneous reporting of adverse events has been described as a particularly poor instrument for detecting increased risks of common conditions such as cardiac disease [ 10, 11].
Our findings are reflected in other research that has employed this scale (e.g. Newall et al., 2009; Scharf & de Jong Gierveld, 2008; Tijhuis et al., 1999; van Baarsen et al., 2001; Wilson et al., 2007): the evidence is overwhelming that the scale is a poor instrument for discriminating low levels of loneliness.
For the last category, Data Rejected (colored in grey), the required data were inadequate for analysis due to poor instrument practice, exhibited extremely poor S/N or contained indiscernible artefacts or impurities, etc.
Torture is a poor instrument to produce reliable information.
According to Ross Baird of Village Capital, which trains startup entrepreneurs focused on real-world problems, Kapor's $500,000 investment in African American entrepreneur Jerry Nemorin, CEO of LendStreet, a company creating financial instruments for the poor, has grown to administer $40 million in funds to help poor Americans get out of debt.
He was from a poor family and was raising a poor family—seven kids on a mill hand's salary and music lessons and instruments for the girls were a daunting expense.
He was from a poor family and was raising a poor family — seven kids on a mill hand's salary — and music lessons and instruments for the girls were a daunting expense.
"They want to feed the poor, make urban education work, get health care to people who haven't had it, or financial instruments for the unbanked".
