Predictor Quotations

Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.

One predictor for divorce is contempt, which to me is just another word for disrespect.

Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges.

The FBI Academy teaches new agents that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

I find that creative streak I think often leads in programmers to be good predictors of where culture as a whole is going to go. And that is where I think I've tried over the years to in some ways use my customers as a filter or a predictor of where technology as a whole is going to go. Or where the world as a whole is going to go.

When top scientists and psychologists talk about what's important to our overall wellbeing and how satisfied we are with our lives, the only thing that they all agree on is that social relationships are probably the single best predictor of our overall happiness.

Political scientists have long argued that party identification is the best possible predictor of voting behavior and is remarkably sticky over time.

Casino guests who are willing to risk their own personal reputation and spread positive word-of-mouth advertising about a casino are guest advocates and the degree to which a property has advocates is a highly reliable predictor of future growth.

What we found was age was a significant predictor in Bt corn adoption. We found as producers get older and gain experience they are more likely to adopt Bt corn rootworm, but once they reach about age 48 they become less likely to adopt the technology.

What we found was that age was a significant predictor in Bt corn adoption. We found as producers get older and gain experience they are more likely to adopt Bt corn rootworm, but once they reach about age 48 they become less likely to adopt the technology.

We can expect more from our students both academically and behaviorally if we increase the difficulty level of the curriculum, ... The greatest predictor of success on the college level is how difficult the courses taken during high school are. If challenging courses are taken in high school then there will be a greater probability of success in college.

Lipids are strong predictors of heart disease; CRP is a strong predictor of heart disease, and these predictors are independent of one another,

I think the best predictor is the immediate past, ... continuation of Internet IPO mania that we've seen over the past couple of months.

It is basically a predictor on where each team will be two years from now.

Our biggest predictor of a student dropping out is socially and economically disadvantaged background, ... Some of the kids who don't know if they have a roof over their head, it's sort of difficult to motivate them to be in school.

Those factors are weighed appropriately because they're a good predictor of loss.

We don't think it is nearly the problem that all of you do. We have a number of players that we feel that can get the job done. The past isn't necessarily a predictor of the future. That is the way it is in sports. The talent is there.

The patterns we are seeing are similar to those witnessed in the last campaign, but the past is not always a reliable predictor of the future.

BMI is a very weak predictor of the risk of a heart attack. Measuring the girth of the waist and (the) girth of the hip is far more powerful.

The GOP would point out -- and they would be right -- that the approval rating in the autumn before an election is not a good predictor of how the election will turn out,

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for weight control. And the amount of time spent in sedentary activities is a strong predictor of weight gain.

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The best predictor of future Supreme Court performance is prior court performance.

The best index of obesity as a predictor of myocardial infarction is the waist-to-hip ratio,

The BMI gives us a little more information than height and weight. It's a good predictor for who's going to develop a chronic disease. Unfortunately, we're in a society of overweight people. Period.

A person's activity level is a better predictor of weight gain and loss. In other words, for those wishing to lose weight, changing your diet may not be enough.

Close examination shows that dollars invested are not a predictor of staffing levels. Companies, especially those with mid-level and niche brands, are going to prioritize their needs and make the best use of their limited resources, including staff.

In terms of being a predictor for the national index, the Chicago number has a spotty record.

This, I am confident, will give a more accurate predictor of what the child needs for improvement.

It's a wonderful human-interest story, because here the predictor did not back down, and the measurer did not back down. This went on for decades, and in the end it was proved that they were both right.

We found that to be a very strong predictor of starting to use vomiting or laxatives to control weight.