Use "predictor" in a sentence

1. Poverty is the most reliable predictor of early death

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2. Social Security is the most successful anti poverty program in US history, and poverty is the biggest cause and most reliable predictor of early deaths

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3. plebian/patrician status was no longer a predictor of one’s power in society

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4. She felt her wrist tiring, a predictor of later soreness and the need to waste an hour soaking it at home

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5. At age four, how children do on this test of delay of gratifications is twice as powerful a predictor of what their SAT scores will be as is IQ at age four

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6. IQ becomes a stronger predictor of SAT scores only after children learn to read

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7. Having said this, the ability to resist impulse is still a powerful predictor of achievement and well-being, no matter how the ability arose (i

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8. 1 predictor that a boy will have a criminal record and the No

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9. 2 predictor for girls, according to the U

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10. It may also explain why the degree of income inequality of a society is a better predictor than the absolute income level of the society for male-male homicides; income inequality creates social disparity, while differing average income levels may not do so

11. Research by US psychologist Dr Howard Friedman has found that the best predictor of ­longevity is how conscientious a person is

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12. Scientists have discovered that waist ­measurement is a better predictor of heart disease than either weight or BMI (body mass index) because it can point to the ­existence of visceral fat, the dangerous fat that sit around the vital organs

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13. good predictor of success in life

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14. A better predictor of success in life is emotional intelligence

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15. as a predictor than EVA

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16. Data on tobacco use was not available, but there is little doubt that it would prove to be the most important predictor of lung cancer mortality, exceeding dietary factors by a wide margin

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17. “And a predictor for how the rest of the events will go,” Alex said

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18. intolerance was found to be a strong predictor of improvement in that study

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19. Brooks found that religious belief was the strongest predictor of giving to

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20.  Best predictor of efficacy of vancomycin is time above the antimicrobial MIC1

21. as powerful a predictor of what their SAT scores will be as is IQ at age four

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22. IQ becomes a stronger predictor of SAT scores only after children learn to

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23. Think back to what Philip Tetlock, who studies the predictive ability of political pundits, found to be a sure sign of a bad predictor: dogmatism

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24. One factor emerged as the best predictor of poor mental health: whether a teacher had been verbally insulted by his or her students

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25. This desire for certainty finds its way into investment management when portfolio managers use the standard deviation of an asset’s returns, measured from past returns, as a predictor of future risk

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26. 6), and that often a rise in volatility such as this is an accurate predictor of a large market movement

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27. Spikes to the upside in volatility, although they may produce some of our best trading opportunities, alone are not an accurate predictor of future market action

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28. However, similar to this example, we have found that the increase or decrease in volatility is an accurate advance predictor of the velocity of a breakout in an underlying market

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29. However, it must be stressed again that low option prices are not a predictor of the future price direction of the underlying instrument, they only warn of increased volatility

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30. In these cases, the implied volatility is probably a better predictor of future volatility because, if the rumor proves to be true, then the stock or future will be more volatile

31. However, he must decide which of the volatilities is the better predictor of future volatility

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32. If he decides that the historical volatility is the better predictor, then he has the opportunity to do something: buy options if the historical is less than the implied; sell options if the opposite is true

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33. In other words, the options will always be the correct predictor of future volatility

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34. The strategist, too, realizes that in many cases, the options’ implied volatility may be the better predictor — especially if that prediction is based on information not available to the strategist; however they will not always be, and when one feels comfortable with the historic volatility estimate, he may be able to profit

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35. Second, while past performance is a poor predictor of future returns, there are other factors that you can use to increase your odds of finding a good fund

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36. Finally, look at past performance, remembering that it is only a pale predictor of future returns

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37. While its star ratings are a weak predictor of future results, Morningstar is the single best source of information on funds for individual investors

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38. For example, they find that NAV is a significant predictor of future earnings and stock prices for some companies; NAV is seen as an important stock price determinant for financial enterprises such as banks, insurance companies, and savings and loan holding companies, because assets used in these businesses tend to be highly liquid and readily turned into cash

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39. where Y is known as the dependent or response variable, X is known as the independent variable or predictor, f[X] is a function of known form, μ and β are unknown parameters, and Z is a random variable whose expected value is zero

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40. Suppose we have determined that the response variable Y whose value we wish to predict is related to the value of a predictor variable X, in that its expected value EY is equal to a + bX

41. If our regression model is EY = μ + αX + βW, that is, if we have two predictor variables X and W, we would write lm(Y ∼ X + W)

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42. In contrast to the examples of regression we looked at earlier, the errors inherent in measuring W (the so-called predictor) were as large if not larger than the variation inherent in the output V of the new device

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43. Strive to obtain response observations at intervals throughout the relevant range of the predictor

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44. The automated entry of predictors into the regression equation using R2 runs the risk of overfitting, as R2 is guaranteed to increase with each predictor entering the model

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45. As the following exercise illustrates, whether or not a given predictor will be found to make a statistically significant contribution to a model will depend upon what other predictors are present

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46. 17: This example illustrates the necessity of establishing a causal relationship between the predictor and the variable to be predicted before attempting to model the relationship

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47. evaluation of mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) as a predictor of naltrexone response in the

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48. If implied volatility is a perfect predictor of future volatility, both graphs would be identical, but obviously, this is not the case

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49. But, even if the implied volatility was not a totally accurate predictor, perhaps we can draw some conclusions by looking at the difference between the implied volatility and the future realized volatility

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50. Implied volatility is at best an imperfect predictor of future volatility

51. Knowing the type of management team you are partnering with will help you forecast the future of the business, because the most logical predictor for the future success of a business is its management

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52. It is a strong predictor of their ability to command the respect of others, and an important leadership characteristic

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53. But why would lower volatility at-the-money be a predictor of change?

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54. A history of success is the best predictor of future success

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55. Anyway, the little-known but true fact is that the major predictor of your portfolio’s volatility is not due, as most people think, to the individual stocks you pick, but instead your mix of stocks and bonds

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56. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that earnings yields are a better predictor of future equity market returns than of changing earnings growth rates

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57. Dividend yield (D/P) is the classic proxy for equity carry and was seen as a useful predictor of future equity returns until it failed in the 1990s

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58. Wilcox shows that earnings yield thus inflation-adjusted is empirically a better predictor than unadjusted earnings yield

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59. Empirically, the growth of broker–dealer balance sheet leverage has been a strong predictor of aggregate market returns

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60. • Empirically the yield curve has been a better predictor of near-term excess bond returns than of future yield changes

61. Cochrane–Piazzesi (2005) find an even better predictor of future bond returns than the YC, loosely related to yield curve curvature

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62. I already noted that the YC is an excellent predictor over the quarterly horizon with a correlation of 0

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63. Empirically, extrapolating recent performance has been the best predictor of commodities’ near-term returns

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64. One series used to be an even better growth predictor than equity market return

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65. 56 correlation over the period from the 1950s through the 1980s), but the stock market has been the better predictor since the 1980s (0

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66. Due to the rarity of large events, past historical skew is not a very good predictor of future skew

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67. Lagged skewness has some persistence but past idiosyncratic volatility is a better predictor; small-cap and negative momentum also predict positive skewness; and industry dummies can be helpful

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68. What is the best predictor of a 5-year zero-coupon bond’s 1-year return? The 1-year riskless spot rate The 5-year zero’s “rolling yield” (which is also the 1-year forward rate after 4 years)

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69. What is the best predictor of next year’s spot yield curve? Implied spot yield curve one year forward Current spot yield curve

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70. The random walk hypothesis assumes that the current yield curve is the best predictor of the future yield curve

71. Curve steepness has over time become a less effective predictor of future returns in duration-timing models and curve-trading models

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72. ) Such a modified regression has the same fitted values as before but now the contribution of each predictor is in units that are quite intuitive

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73. The regression coefficient (multiple regression beta) of each predictor now equals the partial correlation between the predictor and next month excess Treasury return—a pure statistical measure of predictive ability [2]

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74. Through both regression and portfolio analyses, we found that the level of implied volatility was an impressive predictor of the magnitude of earnings announcement returns

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75. Given that the first two groups account for more than 40% of the observations, historical absolute EARET is not a very reliable predictor of future absolute EARET return when the return’s magnitude is small

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76. Today’s implied volatility reflects more timely and relevant information not captured by historical absolute EARET, and that’s why implied volatility is a more powerful predictor of future absolute EARET

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77. The preceding section established that market cap is a strong negative predictor of absolute earnings announcement returns

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78. 1, but the spread between Q5 and Q1 was much larger, suggesting that P/S ratios were a better predictor of future absolute earnings announcement returns than P/B and P/E ratios

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79. During the 1964–2002 sample period, net operating assets scaled by total assets is a strong negative predictor of long-run stock returns

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80. Basically, the real component moves with the general direction of the prices, and the imaginary component is a predictive indicator for the real component in the same sense that a cosine wave is a predictor of a sine wave