The phrase "a direct predictor of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a factor or variable that has a clear and straightforward relationship with an outcome or result.
Example: "The study found that exercise is a direct predictor of overall health and well-being."
Alternatives: "a clear indicator of" or "a straightforward determinant of".
Yes, the survey confirms what Acaster's experience revealed, that TV profile is a direct predictor of box-office draw.
Prescription quality can be a direct predictor of the net outcome of a health care delivery effort.
In structural equation analyses, TEI was found to be a direct predictor of higher PSS and the greater use of EC strategies.
Conclusion: The regression equation suggested that pAFV could be a direct predictor of intrauterine amniotic fluid volume in the third trimester.
However, it is unclear if neuroticism is a direct predictor of sleep, and/or if it moderates associations between related psychological processes (e.g., rumination and negative affect, or NA) and sleep in daily life.
Benevolent sexism was a significant predictor of the belief that men are sexually selfish (an effect that was replicated across two studies); this in turn significantly predicts decreased likelihood to ask for pleasure; and it is this sexual silencing that is a direct predictor of having fewer orgasms.
These results together implied no moderated mediation effect, failing to support hypothesis 2. Rather, the analysis revealed that anticipated guilt was related to environmental concern as a direct predictor instead of as a moderator.
Recent findings have concluded that stress may be a possible direct predictor of obesity in children as well as an indirect predictor through unhealthy EBRBs [ 14].
In contrast, self-rated health was a strong direct predictor of depressive symptoms.
The severity of FASD and its associated disabilities are a significant and direct predictor of removing children from their birth homes and placing them in foster care.
The regional partial pressure of brain tissue oxygen (PbtO2) has been described as an independent, sensitive, and direct predictor of cerebral ischemia and hypoxia [ 9, 17, 18].
