When it comes to an accessible, quantitative measure of energy, consumers are uniquely familiar with the 100W bulb.
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"We think if we had a quantitative measure of breast density, that might add to the specificity of the model and really improve prediction for the individual woman, " Kerlikowske says.
The Bike Score is the a quantitative measure of the bikeability of a location based on the availability bike lanes, hilliness, road connectivity, nearby amenities, and the percent of people in that area who bike to work.
The next stage of the research will looking at physical similarities between different groups, in which the team will use photographs of people and make 3D models to measure quantitative similarities between related groups.
The key difference is that clinical trials are much more rigorous, and as much as possible rely on objective, quantitative analysis to measure improvement, as opposed to field trials, which are more reliant on patients' subjective reactions.
Allowing for the effect of transferring the interest income that the Bank of England has earned as a result of quantitative easing, that measure of borrowing has actually fallen for the remaining years of the Parliament.
In Britain, for example, despite continued quantitative easing, the broad measure of money supply fell by 4.1% in the year to August.
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It hinted that the European Central Bank (ECB) might want to expand quantitative easing (QE) as a measure to encourage stronger growth.
Quantitative easing appeared to have stabilised the growth of this measure, though at a sluggish rate, in the second quarter of 2009.
Bernanke referred to the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program to buy Treasury securities as a successful measure in stimulating long-term interest rates and raising the prices of equities, while also emphasizing that the practice does not really constitute government spending, as the Fed is not purchasing goods and services.
Social media can now allow us to measure that kind of thought leadership in a more quantitative way, whether the candidate is going to be in marketing or engineering or in one of the C-Level offices.
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And acknowledging that quantitative easing undertaken by the BOJ from 2001 to 2006 had a limited impact, he introduced an innovative easing measure an asset-purchase program in October 2010 amid a near-zero interest rate.
The Dashboard will combine quantitative and qualitative measures of progress and we are looking to you for your input about what metrics the Dashboard should measure.
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