Are charts like this interesting in ways other than as a crude measure of crisis, or as pretty visual exercises?

It can also be used as a crude measure of response in Hodgkin's lymphoma.

He stood accused of trying to disguise a crude revenue-raising measure.

We used to fight on this land, so no crude measures could be used against us.

Researchers can try to control for factors like family income and ethnicity or race, but these are crude measures.

Nor were differences found when crude measures of social functioning was examined.

Looking at the time lag between the filing of a claim and final disposition is in any event a crude measure.

Measuring transferrin provides a crude measure of iron stores in the body.

I clapped my other hand on it, but knew that such a crude measure could not properly stanch the flow.

He was at a loss how to better it without resorting to crude measures, such as breaking down a door.