Word: predictor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...progress has not been spread equally over various groups in the population. Smoking among blacks and blue-collar workers is higher than average. Level of education is the best predictor of tobacco use: the more years of schooling people have, the less likely they are to smoke...
There should be a temptation to check the tape in mid-game to see how the team--and the predictor--is doing. After all, the trainer seems to be psychic. But there isn't that temptation, according to outgoing Co-Captain Julie Sasner...
...treatment for alcoholism. The truth is that success rates often depend more on the individual makeup of the alcoholic than on the treatment. Alcoholics fitting Cloninger's male-limited type are less likely to remain sober after treatment, along with those with unstable work and family backgrounds. "The best predictor of patient outcome is the patient," says Thomas Seessel, executive director of the National Council on Alcoholism. "Those who are steadily employed, married and in the upper middle class are more likely to succeed. They have more to lose." In response to allegations that some centers have exaggerated how well...
Surprisingly, the total yards statistic--usually a key factor in a game's outcome--has been a poor predictor of the final score in Harvard's last three games...
...test was administered to freshmen on an experimental basis last September and apparently proved a reliable predictor of their performance...