It then returns a numerical score for each candidate based on how tweets about the individual compare to all tweets as a whole.

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In addition to the numerical score given to each company, the Climate Counts scorecard also gives companies a green, yellow or red light rating.

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The other two are still talking about using a numerical score, which will be a new scale from 500 to 900 where the scale we know with Fair Isaac is 350 to 850.

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Such software evaluates many parameters associated with each credit-card transaction, including specific details of the items being purchased (derived from their bar codes), to evaluate the likelihood of foul play in the form of a numerical risk score.

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