The phrase "a guiding factor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an element that influences or directs decisions, actions, or outcomes.
Example: "In our decision-making process, a guiding factor was the need for sustainability in our operations."
Alternatives: "a key influence" or "a determining element".
The framework relied on time as a guiding factor; it assumes that truly breakthrough innovations will take years to develop.
Although severity is a guiding factor in clinical decision making related to diagnosis and treatment, current guidelines related to IBS do not address the issue of severity.
A practicing Catholic and self-described "spiritual person" who says his "religious beliefs have always been a guiding factor in everything I've done," Mr. Licata said he felt that all major religions essentially "believe in the same entity".
These results were used as a guiding factor in conducting further studies in dynamic condition.
You can easily define which words or images were most effective and provided the best conversion rates, and use that as a guiding factor will help you build future campaigns.
As McClanahan explained in a 1995 clip that aired on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," her love for gardening was a guiding factor in her house hunt many years ago: She'd always been in search of a home with a great outdoor space.
Gain-loss frequency [ 34] as a powerful guiding factor in IGT and implies that decision makers can apply a "win-stay, lose-shift" strategy [ 34- 39] when making decisions and coping with uncertain situations.
As is shown above, the transition probability of TGSARWI, where ρ(ρ ≥ 0) is a target guiding factor, represents the strength of target guiding.
Whereas the theory of natural selection maintains that evolution is a directionless process having no guiding factor or end point, relying rather on selection within particular environments on random variations thrown up by the chaos of nature, Hering, Haeckel, and Mach were part of a German tradition which held that there is an inner telos in nature.
Too often, when regulations become the guiding factor, two things happen.
"The guiding factor here will be consumer behavior and the ability to offer up compelling new ways for consumers to consume information," he said.
