The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) said it was difficult to assess the scale of the problem in Wales as victims were very reluctant to report problems to the police or trading standards.
They also used a recognised depression measurement scale to assess people, and carried out an emotion recognition computer test, - where people are asked to respond rapidly to happy or sad words.
It is important to note that I ranked each college based on its 75th percentile SAT scores for math and critical reading (1600 scale) to assess selectivity.
In the study, researchers used a questionnaire, called the Carolinas Comfort Scale, to assess quality of life with such questions as whether patients feel a "sensation of mesh" after surgery or pain or movement limitations during daily activities.
Of course this is just 1 example and there would need to be a full scale analysis across all the sectors and differing metrics to assess whether or not there was a strong argument to make for using a metric such as RSI.
As the phenomenon of large-scale foreign land acquisitions is very recent, it is difficult to assess their full environmental and social impact at this early stage.
Its mission is to carry out Martin's experiment on a much grander scale, pouring iron ore into the ocean in an attempt to stimulate plankton growth and assess the wider effects on sea life.