Italic type. In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, italics normally slant slightly to the right. Italics are a way to emphasise key points in a printed text, or when quoting a speaker a way to show which words they stressed. One manual of English usage described italics as the print equivalent of underlining. The name comes from the fact that calligraphy-inspired typefaces were first designed in Italy, to
According to the agency, it will no longer have specific limitations or guidelines associated with net or gross adjustments. âThe appraiserâs adjustments must reflect the marketâs reaction (that is, market based adjustments) to the difference in the properties [of chosen comparables],â according to Fannie Mae.
Appraisers have little or no training in statistics and econometrics (regression analysis) and thus violate two simple rules in statistics: 1. Sample size is too small 2. Variance in the real estate market is not calculated The term econometrics literally means economic measurement. It is the application of statistical analytical mathematical tools, mainly regression analysis, to the real world of economics. Its purpose is to: 1. Describe economic reality (via regression charts), 2. Test hypotheses about economic theory and significance of factors, and 3. Predict economic activity (estimate value of real estate).