They were run by brilliant quantitative economists, with models derived from statistics dating back decades.
The policy failure reminds me of a concept from statistics: Type I vs.
They took some well-known methods from statistics, including something called matrix factorization, added bits of knowledge about movie recommenders (like the fact that movies seen long ago tend to be rated highly) and then threw all of it against the wall to see what stuck.
But it is unclear from these statistics how much of this activity, if any, is from companies.
Using figures from the Office of National Statistics from 2007-08 to 2011-12, the NSPCC said that one child is killed at the hands of their parent every 10 days.
The first task, which previous research has shown to deplete self-control, was tediously crossing out all the Es on a page from a statistics book.
For those knowledge workers concerned about outsourcing and those American businesses worried about competition from BRIC countries, consider these statistics from a guide to U.S. MBA admissions for students applying from India.
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This is all hidden from the statistics as well as the leiharbeit, which is basically working very fast for a few months, low wages, they can fire you when every they want, youre not allowed to be ill for too long and so on.
Once factors such as spinsterhood and early hysterectomy were eliminated from the statistics, it became clear that the centenarians were three times more likely to have given birth to at least one child in their 40s than those who had then gone on to live only an average lifespan.
In five years the number of rhinos killed in South Africa has risen from 13 to 588, according to statistics from Traffic, which monitors the trade in endangered animal parts.
Property transactions by floor space in some major cities, such as Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Chongqing rose in May from a year earlier, according to statistics from data provider China Real Estate Information Corp.
Also, look at data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Employment report, where you can view employment numbers nationally and by state, and from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by Industry report, in which you will find statistics related to layoffs, hiring, and earnings for specific industries.
The latest statistics emerged from an Office of National Statistics and Health Protection Agency study.
Katz has a bachelor's degree from Queens College and a master's degree in statistics from New York University.
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Fatal car accidents involving teens are down in New Jersey, to 81 in 2009 from 122 in 2006, according to the most recently available statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
About a thousand of last year's cases have been dismissed, and more than 2, 100 from the year before were dismissed in some form, according to statistics from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The genre is delivering decent performance, to judge from various published statistics on average results.
The First Minister criticised the member for using statistics from the Conservative years of powers.
This most certainly is not true of economic statistics from some other countries one could name.
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Before we head into the comparison though, here are a few statistics from the Cone survey.
The Department of Health collated the statistics from data gathered on hospital computers across England.
If you're into your data, you can also access trigger statistics from the software, complete with graphs.
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Statistics from the Long Island Rail Road showed ridership in December had dropped 16% from December 2011.
The figures, from the National Statistics Institute, mean Spain's jobless rate is twice the European Union average.
Latest statistics from IT research company Canalys show that China has overtaken the US in smartphones sales.
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According to 2009 figures from the State Statistics Bureau there were almost 230 million migrant workers in China.
Here are some interesting statistics from Social Gold, a virtual currency and payments system for social games and applications.
Some Japanese companies still don't get it, though, judging from their vital statistics.
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