retrospective assessment

collocation in English

meaningsofretrospectiveandassessment

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retrospective
adjective
uk
/ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/
us
/ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/
relating to or thinking about ...
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assessment
noun[C or U]
uk
/əˈses.mənt/
us
/əˈses.mənt/
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that ...
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(Definition ofretrospectiveandassessmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, these findings are somewhat mixed, but in general show the importance, albeit limited, of the economy toretrospectiveassessmentof political institutions.
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Retrospectiveassessmentof earlier episodes with operational criteria was hampered by variable, poor and sometimes absent documentation.
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Second, we utilized aretrospectiveassessmentof degree of change in religion since being diagnosed.
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Aretrospectiveassessmentof equity investment also affects the political economy of reform.
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Theretrospectiveassessmentof ages of onset of disorders is subject to biases in memory.
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Given the large number of older drugs in existence, it is uncertain how long thisretrospectiveassessmentwill take.
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At the end of a legislative session, legislators and the president face different electorates and are (re-)elected independently according to aretrospectiveassessmentby their respective voters.
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My further concern is that to provide for an adequate mechanism implies aretrospectiveassessmentof that mechanism.
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This is yet anotherretrospectiveassessmentof the mistakes made by each of the parties involved in the conflict.
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I do not think that can be regarded as retrospective legislation; it is ratherretrospectiveassessment.
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There would be considerable difficulties inretrospectiveassessmenthere, as there are in many other respects.
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Nor is it possible to make validretrospectiveassessment, since amounts paid would depend on claimants' capital holdings and take-up in the attached areas.
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Rather, retrospective assessments may be necessary with parents, female adolescents, preschool and elementary school teachers, and other individuals who have extensive contact with young girls.
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Retrospective assessments, however, are potentially problematic; they may not be reliable and may be biased.
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A major advantage of the study is the lack of reliance on retrospective assessments in testing the predictions of prospect theory.
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For retrospective assessments, respondents were asked whether they felt (1) their family and (2) the country as a whole were better-off than they had been under the authoritarian government.
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Intensive resettlement programmes were rare, and retrospective assessments suggest that the policies and services of the time may have done more to maintain than to reduce homelessness.
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On whom will those retrospective assessments be made?
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Will there be any retrospective assessments to recoup the tax that, apparently, should not have been allowed?
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