The phrase "a common index of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a widely recognized measure or standard that indicates a particular quality or characteristic.
Example: "The unemployment rate is often considered a common index of economic health."
Alternatives: "a standard measure of" or "a typical indicator of".
We use a common index of species diversity from the ecology literature, Simpson's D, which takes into account not only the number of groups in the assemblage but also their relative abundance.
There are limitations and uncertainties related to using any single measure as a common index of exposure.
A common index of genetic differentiation is FST, which measures the fraction of overall diversity that occurs among populations.
In rats, a common index of relative sexual receptivity of a female in the presence of males, is the lordosis quotient (LQ), calculated by the number of times the female adopts a lordosis posture scored 2 or higher, divided by the number of times a male mounts her.
The rate of phenotypic change for each trait was calculated in darwins, a common index for measuring rates of phenotypic change (Haldane 1948; Gingerich 1993; Hendry and Kinnison 1999).
We suggest a common index that enables evaluation of the clinical efficacy of triptans irrespective of drug kind and dosage form by using a single line.
As a component of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) that is necessary in autophagic pathway, Beclin-1 has an essential role in the formation of autophagosome precursors and membranes, and is a common index in the observation of autophagy.
Cases and controls were matched with the initial date of insurance coverage to account for changes in treatment patterns over the course of the study and to allow for the assignment of a common index date for each case and its controls.
Euler number is a common index reflecting the connection degree of the complex trabecular bone network microstructure.
Participants wore an oximeter probe on their right index finger to measure heart rate, the most common index of physiologic arousal.
The most common index of scale reliability is Cronbach's alpha and scale developers strive for reliability measures of 0.70 or greater.
