When clues are read by the host they are fed electronically to Watson, which parses the text, formulates hunches and checks all the evidence it can retrieve to test its hunches and then generates its five best answers, assigning each a confidence level before deciding whether to buzz in.
The overall evidence for the cancer-phone link has not been statistically significant at a 95 percent confidence level, a standard in science, Carpenter said.
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As I witnessed last week, Watson can be fearsomely good at hitting the buzzer first when it has a high confidence level.
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Consumer confidence in July was better but not nearly at the level of a healthy economy, a healthy level of confidence.
In fact, the National Federation of Independent Businesses just released a survey showing that our confidence level is at a three year high.
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They calculated that the actual range was between 30% and 43% of the group, with a 95% confidence level.
Thus, using standard methods to move from group inferences to individual ones, they calculated that the chance of any one person reoffending was in the range of 3% to 91%, similarly with a 95% confidence level.
Although the absolute volume of short sales is touching a record high, the confidence level of the short-sellers must be near a record low.
Showing your torso is one way of demonstrating a high level of confidence, security or trust.
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In 2009, Caparso says Adyen saw a different level of confidence in outsourcing payment solutions by geography.
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But to get there, we have to achieve a higher level of growth that triggers a confidence.
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However Wood Mackenzie said there was a level of confidence in the industry.
More than half (54 percent) said they had a high level of confidence for the next three to five years.
Bain said retailers expressed a high level of confidence that consumers will keep making purchases with the same vigor that preceded the global financial crisis.
Even volunteering takes a level of confidence - and there are plans to help students from the college to become volunteer helpers in a London museum.
Many analysts agree that hiring will remain stunted until businesses find a higher level of confidence in the economy, regardless of the availability of money to borrow.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy, D-Vermont, said he has been in close touch with Sullivan and believes the agency director is taking "serious action" to investigate the incident, while House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, said he has a high level of confidence in Sullivan.
That gave us a pretty high level of confidence that it was correctly tracking the stroke.
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Right now, consumer confidence is at a level normally only seen during recessions.
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This gives me a pretty high level of confidence in some of the impressions I have even though I have not gone back and counted.
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Confidence is at a level that is consistent with near stagnation in first-quarter consumption growth although American shoppers have been known to be more pessimistic in answering surveys than their actions at the malls would suggest.
When women and men are secure in themselves, believe in their skills, and have a high level of self-confidence and self-awareness, they will generally not behave the way you described.
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You may no longer be considered for prime assignments and projects, and this can hurt you in a multitude of ways from your confidence level to your networking capabilities when you need them at an all-time high.
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"However, one month of data is not a game changer and the level of confidence remains at recessionary levels, " it cautioned.
However, hanging around these incredibly bright young students for a couple of days raised my level of confidence about the future.
"It doesn't serve our confidence level to know that simply a week or so after we've passed the bill we're told the administration can't comply, " Daschle said.
"Since the middle of December 2012, commissioners have sensed a real sea change in the level of confidence at both member and officer level that the council can move beyond recovery to deliver the commitment it has made to transform itself into a 'new Anglesey', " he said.
Our confidence level in our ability to create a functional, fun game is high.
What price-earnings ratio to put on the market is more of a function of the going inflation rate and the confidence level of the recession's depth and duration.
He maintains a level-head in times of adversity and has confidence and conviction in his actions.
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