Quotes About Assessment

Analysis is concerned primarily with values which are supported by the facts and not with those which depend largely upon expectations.

The analyst's conclusions must always rest upon the figures and upon established tests and standards.

you will be wiser to form your own ideas of the value of your holdings, based on full reports from the company about its operations and financial position.

A criterion based on adjectives is always ambiguous.

defining what is important solely by what can be measured is a bad idea - like looking for lost keys not down a dark sidewalk where they were lost, but across the street under the lamppost where the light is better.

Line up a group of Horace Mann students, interview them, and take a look at their resumes, and you'll be hard pressed to pick out the students who require extra time. So then, what qualifies these students to receive special accommodations on the SAT?

The reserve strength is very important in assessing a team's ability.

I don't watch the dailies. You want to just turn in your resignation when you watch the dailies.

There are two sides always - when something works, it is hailed, but when something doesn't, it is all criticism.

The signal of the importance of something is whether you're actually measuring it and you're holding people accountable to improving those numbers.

The RFA requires federal agencies to assess the economic impact of their regulations on small firms, and if significant, consider less burdensome alternatives. Federal agencies sometimes fail to comply at all, or simply 'check the box,' fulfilling the letter of the law, while missing the purpose of the law entirely.

Because I've always been good at knowing what I thought and not reviewing prematurely and have gotten better at those things over the years, my flips are rarely that significant.

History will judge me... I shall remain silent.

I think the No. 1 universal thing is that everybody's got that silly thing in their closet that they think could be worth money. There's always a chance you could turn on 'Pawn Stars' one day and that'd be on there.

He who wishes to fight must first count the cost

First, measurement; second, quantity; third, calculation; fourth, comparison; and fifth, victory.

Comparar cuidadosamente el ejército enemigo con el propio, para saber donde abunda su fuerza y donde es deficiente.

Ciente de tuas capacidades e limitações, não inicies nenhuma empreitada que não possas levar a cabo.

Perform your calculations for everything liable to calculation, but also think very deeply about what people are capable of.

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risk involved. If it is, stop worrying.

Remember, she has a right-and you have an obligation-to protect her from a sense of premature intrusion into her private feelings, particularly since you have not assessed what effect such revelations will have on her functioning.

two LOOKING, LISTENING, AND FEELING: THE MENTAL STATUS EXAM

The biopsychosocial assessment is based mostly on facts about the client's life and a description of the problem which the client has provided you during a series of interviews. The mental status exam is essentially your observations. It is used in different ways in different clinical settings, but those differences have more to do with the time at which one formulates one's findings than they do with content.

one HOW TO CONDUCT THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH AN ADULT