Uswitch calculated figures for the BBC showing the difference between the average standard plans (payment on receipt) and the average online price among suppliers in the UK for dual-fuel gas and electricity bills.
Bush wants to reduce U.S. gasoline usage by 20% by 2012 through a massive increase in the renewable fuels standard and a hike in the corporate average fuel economy standard for cars and light trucks.
Brazil has set itself the goal of reaching the average standard of the OECD over the next decade.
Bearish sentiment is back to being more than one standard deviation above average, making it unusually high, but not extraordinarily so.
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Bullish sentiment is unusually low, but it would have to fall below 18% to be considered extraordinarily low (two standard deviations below average).
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According to data collected by Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor, big law firms raised their average standard rate by about 9.3% over the past three years.
Bullish sentiment is just slightly above one standard deviation from the historical average and bearish sentiment is within one standard deviation.
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There have been just 50 occasions since 1973 when this ratio was greater than one standard deviation from that average, as it is now.
Accounts receivable days is a standard measure of the average number of days a company takes to collect payment on goods or services it sold.
Bearish sentiment has been at or above 41% during three out of the last four weeks, equaling or exceeding one standard deviation above the average.
First, at least 33 percent by volume of the sales to an allegedly targeted group must be at prices that are less than one standard deviation below the average price to all other groups.
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We found that when earnings yield spreads during the prior five years averaged more than two standard deviations above the average, investors on average earned (annualized) returns on stocks of 21.3% for the following year, 17% for the next two years, 14.6% for the next three years and 8.3% over five years.
Placing asset categories on the efficient frontier requires knowing their historical average return and standard deviation.
In statistical terms, optimism is more than one standard deviation above the historical average.
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Two standard deviations above the historical average is 50.7%, and levels above that mark are outliers.
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The document said the standard of work was below average in all year groups and in most subjects.
Pessimism is more than one standard deviation above its historical average, which makes it unusual, but not extraordinary.
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Optimism is currently more than one standard deviation beyond its historical average, meaning that this is an unusually high reading.
Rather it is just one standard deviation away from its average, making the current reading atypical, but not an outlier.
It is also more than one standard deviation below the historical average of 30%, making this an unusually low reading.
Nonetheless, optimism remains more than one standard deviation above its historic average of 39%-a sign that it remains at high levels.
Bullish sentiment is now more than one standard deviation above its historical average, placing it above the typical range that has been registered over the course of the survey.
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Pessimism not only stayed at its lowest level since December 23, 2010, it also remained at a reading that is more than one standard deviation below the historical average of 30%.
Although this would create a different legal standard for celebrities versus private citizens, our legal system makes a similar distinction in defamation cases, holding public figures to a higher standard of proof than the average person.
Nowadays, candid and intelligent people--not to mention partisans--tell us that the average American's standard of living has barely budged in decades.
The average interest rate for standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 6.01% during the week ending April 25, from 6.04% the previous week.
Commenting on the housing market, Mr King said that house prices were "high" by any standard, whether in relation to average earnings or income.
Once you know the average return, the standard deviation of each index and the correlation coefficient between each pair of indexes, the rest is math.
Under the new legislation, the fleetwide standard will be raised to an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from 25 mpg today.
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