Having only a handful of factors in the model means there are fewer chances for errors.
But what if a computer model factors in the educational level of the applicant's mother, which in America is strongly correlated with race?
He uses his flow indicators among the 20 factors in a model for his Chaikin Power Gauge ratings, discussed in the video.
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However, whether this pipeline translates into strong volume during the final stretch of 2012 depends on several factors that ultimately dictate model returns.
Given my analytic bent, I was intrigued that one of the strongest factors in the statistical model between peer social support and mortality was the perception of control.
Factors operate on a similar model, purchasing accounts receivables from a business in exchange for an advanced funding amount for each invoice.
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His model is based on factors such as changes in bank lending, the economic growth rate and the size of the speculative-grade market (a glut of issuance tends to be an indicator of loose lending practices).
These factors plus others are used in a valuation model to create an estimate for risk premiums over the next 30 years.
But generally speaking the retail chain model is having trouble, hampered by factors like work rules set by state licensing boards, the cost of employing a nurse practitioner, getting private and public insurance to pay for it, and opposition from doctors groups that tried to get the chains thrown out of states like Illinois and New York.
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U.S. industry requires access to places that the airlines do not serve and do not want to serve, since their business model is aimed at capturing the high-load factors that exist for travel between hub cities.
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Professional forecasters often apply some version of a Markov model in order to get a baseline and then incorporate other factors, such as barometric pressure, to improve accuracy.
Doctors have used a similar model for years that calculates age, family medical history and other factors to predict a woman's risk of getting breast cancer.
After figuring out what the dominant risk factors were among the participants who developed breast cancer, scientists designed a prediction model, now called the Gail model.
Because career success depends so heavily on happiness and attitude, you need to treat these factors differently, and not just as two more parts of an overall risk-mitigation model.
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Yes, the model needs revision most certainly, but this is a complex problem with many contributing factors.
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While reforms like the fee disclosure rules from the U.S. Department of Labor (slated to take effect July 1) are positive steps, the Demos model described in their report shows how listing fees on account statements will not address the other factors that keep fees high nor fix the structural weaknesses in the current risky, individualized retirement system.
Of this 13%, 8% (or 60% of treatment effects) is due to Alliance Factors, 4% (or 30% of treatment effects) is due to Allegiance to Treatment factors, and 1% (or 8% of treatment effects) is due to the technique or model used.
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