Sentence examples for use of numerical goals from inspiring English sources

[Page A17.] That quickly led them to Ms. Chao, a prominent conservative, who has raised concerns about the use of numerical goals and quotas in hiring, but unlike Ms. Chavez has not been an outspoken opponent of affirmative action.

We do it not merely for the achievement of numerical goals in 2015, but for the betterment of future generations.

The commission rejected a proposal to eliminate the use of numerical formulas altogether in measuring whether a school was discriminating.

Subjects were trained in the use of numerical rating scales before the experiment.

The use of numerical identifiers by themselves cannot be sufficient.

Some of the major numerical goals in the basic plan are being met, the committee concluded.

After Ford's move, General Motors and Chrysler responded not by specifying numerical goals of their own but rather by promising to match or beat Ford's gains.

In five studies, patients in the control diet treatment group were instructed to continue their habitual diet instead of setting any numerical goal of protein intake.

Asked by an audience member what his advice to Mr. Bush would be, Mr. Giuliani called for fixed numerical goals and deadlines to build more nuclear power plants, encourage use of hybrid cars, and increase the supply of ethanol and other resources.

What followed was a state apparatus that set numerical goals for the amount of affordable housing in certain areas.

Workers whose output is tangible and measurable — how much garbage is picked up, how many streets are cleared of snow — are increasingly evaluated according to numerical goals.