Sentence examples for yardstick based on from inspiring English sources

"By the most important yardstick, based on the sales currency of C3 ratings, we're the network leader," Stephen McPherson, the president of ABC Entertainment, said in an e-mail message.

And these distance measurements are sparking the excitement, by allowing astronomers to calibrate a longer range cosmic yardstick based on Cepheid variables.

However, the results were largely disappointing when attempts were made to use a yardstick based on interpretative human observations, such as the CIN grading, to validate the sensitivity and specificity of a molecular virology test [ 6- 9] which is governed by the law of physics, or vice versa [ 15].

The bottom-up methods for energy benchmarking aim to derive a yardstick for energy performance based on a theoretical analysis of a building.

When calculating such things, people often adopt a familiar unit as a mental yardstick and then generate predictions based on that unit.

The ratio of female to male earnings reached 78%, the highest on record.Inequality did not grow last year, based on several yardsticks.

The precedent of earlier FCC rules assuring an open phone network made it clear that the yardstick for network management should be based on Title II of the Communications Act — the same test that had worked to deliver the dawn of the Internet.

A leading online measurement service will scrap rankings based on the longtime industry yardstick of page views and begin tracking how long visitors spend at the sites.

Weber et al. (2000) offered DEA for supplier selection based on multiple criteria and determined yardsticks.

Based on the theories of tournaments and yardstick competition (Lazear and Rosen 1981; Shleifer 1985), they argue that GDP-growth-order tournaments existed in the promotion of local officials (Zhou 2004, 2007; Li and Zhou 2005; Chen et al. 2005).

And although multiple studies show stigma based on sexual behavior does exist, no yardstick has yet been developed for measuring stigma (and understanding its impact) in countries with different cultures, healthcare systems, and legal structures, something the study's authors hope to change.