The phrase "a certain outcome on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the expected results or effects of a particular action or event.
Example: "The experiment was designed to assess a certain outcome on the participants' behavior."
Alternatives: "a specific result regarding" or "an expected effect on".
When making decisions, we first determine our preference for a certain outcome on the basis of our own narrow self-interest and then look for ways to justify our preference on the basis of fairness, according to researchers David Messick and Keith Sentis.
New concepts need to be established - notably about social systems - that support and contain these findings, models of basic social interactions need to be developed to predict a certain outcome on the system level, and we have to pay attention to those empirical findings that do not nicely fit with established theories.
Connerly, the architect of California's Proposition 209, said the states should not establish policies in lieu of affirmative action that are still aimed at achieving "a certain outcome on the basis of race". Such policies, he said, amount to "a distinction without a difference". Still, he said, he recognizes the difficulty of erecting a truly equitable framework.
"It was so clearly and blatantly trying to come up with a certain outcome," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak to the media.
We developed a measure of social judgment bias, the Judgment Bias Task, in which participants judge profiles varying in quality for a certain outcome based on objective criteria.
This could reduce the likelihood of observation bias which can occur when exposures and outcome are measured without blinding (in this case by participant self-report), for example if the participant was more likely to report a certain outcome depending on exposures reported.
In other words, let go of your attachment to a certain outcome; instead, focus on the joy of doing whatever you're doing.
Interaction refers to the situation where the effect of one exposure on a certain outcome is different across strata of another exposure.
If you're feeling short-changed, you've cast yourself in the role of victim -- someone who deserves sympathy and wants a certain outcome by fixing blame on someone else.
An alternative approach is to ask the patients directly in interviews to describe and value their health status using complex techniques such as time trade-off (a choice between quality of life and longevity of life) or standard gamble (a choice between a certain outcome and a gamble on either better or worse health) [ 24].
I found an overwhelming number of verses on the following themes: hope in God, hope in the Lord, hope in his word; I found none, however, that spoke of hope for a certain outcome in a specific situation on this earth.
