One of the major battles is over the quality of historical data, and whether or not hurricane statistics are being inflated by nonclimatic forces.
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Ms Bourne said Sussex Police were at the beginning of the debate about monitoring a sixth category of hate crime, but had not yet done research or gathered statistics.
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But even those statistics may or may not include incidents in which the crew requested that local law enforcement meet the plane and take control of a passenger, an FAA spokeswoman said.
But these emotions are real, and feelings about being in danger are not always entirely rational or driven by statistics.
The developing countries have few funds for fighting this, let alone epidemics such as AIDS. Ultimately, the treaty's impact will be measured not by money or compliance but by the mortality statistics.
For me, this global recession is not to be measured just in statistics, or in graphs or in figures on a balance sheet.
He turns up statistics showing that most women, employed or not, spend more time caring for their young children now than they used to, and suggests that most people have become better parents (doing more for their own children) but worse citizens (doing less for others).
The new definition will increase the number of people counted as rape victims in FBI statistics, but it will not change federal or state laws.
The statistics are based on officers declaring themselves as disabled or not.
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Statistics show that many Americans do not have a proper estate or financial plan.
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"The fact that these scientifically sloppy papers continue to be published means that the authors, reviewers and editors cannot comprehend the statistics, that they have not read the paper carefully, or both, " said Prof.
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Thus the description of events in the community and relations between its white and black members as portrayed in the leaflet was not one which was recognised by informed members of that community or supported by official statistics and experience.
Whether looking at traditional baseball statistics or Sabermetric data, the preponderance of the evidence suggests that Albert is not only the best player in the game today but perhaps one of the top 5 hitters of all-time.
Official statistics on 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training are published quarterly by the Department for Education.
Family gifts that finance the living expenses of a college student who otherwise appears in the statistics as a low income household are also not counted, again exaggerating income inequality, or at least differences in standard of living.
Mr. THEODORE BOUTROUS (Wal-Mart Attorney): ...the allegations and the experiences of the six people who brought the case were simply not common or typical of what happens in the Wal-Mart stores around the country and that our statistics show that.
But the BMA document claims that the statistics do not include adjustments for the fact cases can vary widely in type and complexity, or for the area hospitals are in.
At the same time, statistics about the odds of needing medical assistance or on complications like tearing during a vaginal birth are frequently not talked about.
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