This is thought to be because head circumference and other approximations are indirect measures.

The indicators provide an indirect measure of a direct-marketing campaign's environmental impact.

So it would be an indirect measure protecting the herd more than the individual.

Until then, countries there will most likely have to rely on indirect measures, several tsunami experts said yesterday.

Capitalization rates are an indirect measure of how fast an investment will pay for itself.

This provides an indirect measure of macromolecular content in tissue.

Implicit measures therefore usually rely on an indirect measure of attitude.

It was an indirect measure and not very reliable, as they have found out.

However, customer satisfaction is an indirect measure of service quality.

It's not just some indirect measure of secondary reactions or something like that?