For example, in looking at survey data on the health behavior of middle and high school students, the factor I found that best predicted whether or not a kid was obese was tooth brushing.
譬如说,在观察了一份有关中学生和大学生健康行为的调查后,我发现一个孩子是否肥胖的最佳预知方法是看刷牙。
If universities spent as much money on handling complaints and appeals appropriately as they spend on marketing, they would do better at keeping students, and in the National Student Survey returns.
如果大学在处理投诉和上诉上的花费和在市场营销上的花费一样多,它们在留住学生方面就会做得更好,在全国学生调查中也会得到回报。
The researchers excluded 2/3 of the original participants, because they didn't seem to have any clear learning style from the survey at the beginning.
研究人员排除了三分之二的最初参与者,因为他们在调查开始时似乎没有任何明确的学习风格。
A case in point is the study by Linda Sax at UCLA, who used data from a large national survey of college freshmen to evaluate the effect of single-sex versus coeducational high schools.
加州大学洛杉矶分校的琳达·萨克斯的研究就是一个恰当的例子,她利用了一项全国性的大一新生调查来评估单性别高中和男女混合高中的效果。
One in three Americans who are at least 40 have or plan to have a job in retirement to prepare for a longer life, according to a survey conducted by Harris Poll for TD Ameritrade.
根据哈里斯民意调查公司对德美利证券公司进行的一项调查,40岁以上的美国人中,有三分之一已经或计划在退休后继续工作,为更长远的人生做准备。
The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects if they studied business, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level.
调查发现,如果年轻人在商务、数学、英语、物理或化学等学科中取得A 等成绩,他们的就业前景会更好。
Freshmen are showing up already stressed out, according to the latest research study that reported students' emotional health levels at their lowest since the survey started in 1985.
一项最新研究调查显示,新生们已经表现出压力很大了,该研究报告称目前学生的情绪健康水平处于1985年该调查开始以来的最低水平。
When we survey Mexico City, Tokyo, Los Angeles, we are amazed at what has been accomplished by humans.
当我们调查墨西哥城、东京、洛杉矶时,我们惊讶于人类所取得的成就。
The survey also asked to what extent respondents agreed or disagreed with a number of statements about the meeting facilities at their airport.
调查还询问了受访者在多大程度上同意或不同意关于机场会议设施的一些声明。
I suggested they do some experiments or at least a survey.
我建议他们做一些实验,或至少做一项调查。
A survey of young people around the world looked at their ideas of today's teenagers.
一项针对世界各地年轻人的调查调查了他们对当今青少年的看法。
According to a survey, 24% of the Junior students in Beijing have classes at the weekend.
据一项调查显示,北京24%的初中生周末都要上课。
Let's take a look at the results of the survey.
让我们来看看调查的结果。
According to a survey, four out of five women do housework at home, but only two fifths of men would do it.
根据一项调查,五分之四的女性会做家务,但只有五分之二的男性会做家务。
According to a survey, people who are able to speak two languages can manage two things at the same time more easily.
根据一项调查,会说两种语言的人更容易同时处理两件事。
55 percent of Australians have a landline phone at home and only just over a quarter (29%) rely only on their smartphones according to a survey.
一项调查显示,55%的澳大利亚人在家中拥有座机,仅有29%的人把智能手机作为他们唯一的通讯手段。
The very first Federal Duck Stamp was designed by J.N. "Ding" Darling, a political cartoonist from Des Moines, Iowa, who at that time was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as Director of the Bureau of Biological Survey.
最早的联邦鸭票是由J.N.“丁”·达林设计的,他是爱荷华州得梅因市的一位政治漫画家,当时被富兰克林·罗斯福总统任命为生物调查局局长。
Details of the "honesty lab" survey will be announced at the British Science Association festival in Guildford this week.
这项“诚实测试”调查的详细情况将于本周在英国吉尔福德举行的英国科学协会节上宣布。
A 2008 survey at Intel showed employees receive 350 emails per week on average; at Morgan Stanley, employees get 625 new messages per week.
在英特尔2008年的调查显示雇员平均每星期收到350封电子邮件;在摩根·士丹利,员工每星期收到625封新邮件。
By contrast, Norway had the lowest prevalence of obesity in a single survey at just five per cent.
与之相反的是,挪威是单项调查中发胖几率最少的国家,仅为百分之五。
This much is obvious - if he had asked for a full 5-minute survey at the start, I would have said no.
很明显,如果他一开始就说有一个5分钟的调查要做的话,我可能就会拒绝。
And astronomers are just as likely to point a software query-tool at a digital sky survey as to point a telescope at the stars.
天文学家也可以通过软件查询工具查询数字天空调查来让望远镜指向特定星球。
"We distributed a survey to senior management at International Mega-Publishing, Inc."
15我们对米加国际出版公司的高层管理人员进行了一次调查。
I suggested they do some experiments, or at least a survey.
我建议他们做一些实验,或至少做一项调查。
We've set up an online survey looking at how people move - at intersections, do they go left or right, for example.
我们在网上弄了个在线调查,想看看人们是怎么行动的——比如,在交叉路口时是向左还是向右。
Look at these survey options, though.
不过,看看调查选项吧。
Perhaps more tellingly, only 29% of those asked responded to the survey at all.
更显著的是,受访士兵中只有29%对该项调查做出回答。
Perhaps more tellingly, only 29% of those asked responded to the survey at all.
更显著的是,受访士兵中只有29%对该项调查做出回答。
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