Similarly, other studies have explored the extent to which shared leadership can predict a team's effectiveness or performance, and have found it to be a significant predictor, and often a better predictor than vertical leadership.

Extreme poverty is a major cause, and predictor, of violence.

Academic research has shown that the national ACSI score is a strong predictor of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, and an even stronger predictor of Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) growth.

In poorer countries, women s access to paid labor is a better predictor of children s well being than the stability of marriage.

Although history is often a good predictor of future trends, every now and then something fundamental changes that makes for a new pattern.

Results of spirometry are also a good predictor of the future progress of the disease but not as good as the BODE index.

For example, in a statistical linear model, it is assumed that a relationship is linear in the parameters, but it may be nonlinear in the predictor variables.

But whatever measures of political qualities and ownership separation we use, the index of employment protection appears to be the best predictor of ownership separation in the wealthy West.

One study that directly compared a type instrument (the MBTI) to a trait instrument (the NEO PI) found that the trait measure was a better predictor of personality disorders.

Now it's bad enough that breast density makes it hard to find a cancer, but it turns out that it's also a powerful predictor of your risk for breast cancer.

This length of education in the L1 (language 1, first language), was the strongest predictor of both the children's competence and gains in L2, English, and of their school achievement.

Other significant developments

That could be significant.

Significant cross jurisdictional initiatives

Fortunately, there is little reason to believe such dire predictions, or that the market gyrations that have been driving recent headlines represent anything more than short term volatility. After all, equity price movements are a poor predictor of the real economy s performance.

These differences were highly significant.

His letters become less significant.

It is a significant achievement.

The gaps would be significant.

There were other significant reactions.

Relative poverty, however, is significant.

No significant contamination was detected.

Summary of significant accounting policies

The cost and damage is significant.

But this was a significant start.

Nevertheless, the elections represented significant progress.

European unity already faces significant constraints.

An equally significant segment is appalled.

Some of Musharraf s achievements are significant.

They have significant reasons for doubt.

Significant issues in exchange of information

That line of enquiry is significant.

This is a truly significant achievement.

Russia also delivers significant humanitarian assistance.

Global warming will create significant problems, so carbon reductions offer significant benefits. Cutting carbon emissions, however, requires a reduction in the basic energy use that underpins modern society, so it will also mean significant costs.

So, she is pretty significant in size.

But the pardon request is already significant.

But significant challenges and massive inequalities remain.

GM crops also have significant economic benefits.

But they certainly play a significant role.

Significant weight loss is a bad sign.

The Russian Armenia followed with significant causes.

In 1996, two significant events took place

However, significant differences remain among developing regions.

However, a few significant restrictions still remain.