The sequences that preceded it were instructive in reminding us just how many variables, luck included, go into the construction of a title.
The secret of the Sugababes' success, if there is one, involves a formula based on such variables as luck, talent, timing, personality, management, image, production and, in particular, some irresistible hit singles (Freak Like Me, Round Round).
The weather is the biggest variable and the luck of the draw can go against you.
Truth be told, success as an artist is the sum of many variables that can include luck, good timing, exceptional energy and a ruthless willingness to trample your grandmother in the quest for painterly glory.
Any time an event's outcome is subject to several variables, substantial unpredictability and luck, people will use approaches that resemble March Madness strategies.
I spoke with a few cab drivers about the services, and people seemed inclined to try their luck with the variable tip rate.
2) a function of six variables: vision, ambition, determination, execution, timing and luck.
(2001) conclude that their results demonstrate a closer linkage between manager compensation and performance, Göx (2008) argues that an increase in variable pay does not necessarily imply improved incentives but may instead reward the manager for luck.
Luck and timing are the most important externalities and determination is arguably the biggest variable you can control.
In a subsequent study however, Woodman, Luck, and Schall (2008) changed the task parameters of the search task to a variable target mapping so that each trial required the generation of an internal to-be-searched-for feature template.
