According to this condition, the marginal cost borne by each country should be weighted for its weight in the federation.
The other general principle to follow in combining estimates is that, whenever possible, the individual estimates should be weighted, with higher weights used for more precise estimates.
But a conflict has arisen over how the performances of poor and minority students should be weighted.
In issuing its recommendations, the panel said the new testing array should be weighted heavily in academics.
Public policy, he thought, should be weighted towards married couples rather than "cohabitators, homosexuals and fornicators".
In theory the policy's two dimensions should be weighted according to whether or not China's behaviour is threatening.
I'm not necessarily saying that all polls should be weighted equally (nor does the model do so).
In another review, the same author concluded: "Studies suggesting that stretching before exercise is not beneficial should be weighted as stronger".
But, in addition, the credit should be weighted to give more to low-income families or people in training and employment.
Mortality rates following strokes also let down the English system.Not everyone agrees with the Commonwealth Fund about what should be measured, and how the results should be weighted.
Stake's intention is to demonstrate just how subjective rankings are, to show how determinations of "quality" turn on relatively arbitrary judgments about how much different variables should be weighted.
