Many had higher weightings in technology - a strategy that worked for a while but not, of course, during the Nasdaq sell-off.

Depending on the particular dimension being measured, the degree of agreement may be given a higher weighting and that of disagreement a lower one.

(Districts get higher per-pupil weightings for such factors as students with learning disabilities or limited English proficiency.)

"On the contrary, Dee, you are to give danger to the simulants an extremely high weighting, as you know perfectly well."

Note that the distribution's mode will lie with p's weight, i.e. in the graph above p carries the highest weighting.

His high weighting in utilities (10.3 percent), he says, is unusual for the fund.

Conesto gets more points than Bestrudia for defeating the same team (Amplistan) because of the higher weighting of its confederation.

All respondents are also weighted according to how likely they are to vote, with those certain to vote given the highest weighting.

The higher weighting in equities is more suitable for younger investors, and those closer to retirement need more security.

Both groups gave care the highest over-all weighting, but conservatives valued fairness the lowest, whereas liberals valued purity the lowest.