The phrase "a more powerful predictor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the predictive strength of different variables or models in a statistical or analytical context.
Example: "In our study, we found that age is a more powerful predictor of health outcomes than income."
Alternatives: "a stronger predictor" or "a more significant predictor".
We find that this coevolution of expression is a more powerful predictor of physical interaction than is coevolution of amino acid sequence.
"Another possibility is that change in telomere length might be a more powerful predictor than our measurement, taken at a single time," said Weinstein.
And social capital was a more powerful predictor of student achievement gains than any of the measures of teacher knowledge, ability, or experience.
A person's peak exercise capacity as measured on a treadmill test is a more powerful predictor of how long someone will live than are risk factors like heart disease, high blood pressure or smoking, a study says.
A large trove of social science research shows that white fear of demographic change is a more powerful predictor of conservative political attitudes in the West than demographic change itself.
In addition, MRD negativity proved to be a more powerful predictor of outcome than cytogenetics, whereby patients with high-risk cytogenetics who achieved MRD negativity had better outcomes than patients with standard-risk cytogenetics who did not50.
But this may be more myth than fact, as some studies suggest that race is a more powerful predictor of discipline than differential behavior, especially when considering the unequal penalties assessed to black and white kids for comparable infractions.
Conclusion: Despite the theoretical appeal of time to motor localization (eg, in persons with language comprehension problems), time to command following appears to be a more powerful predictor of outcome after severe brain injury.
In addition, Mr. Hustead said workers' pay had been shown to be a more powerful predictor of life expectancy than whether a worker was blue collar or white collar, but the bill did not recognize that higher-paid workers live longer and therefore require longer pension payouts.
Whether someone owns a gun is a more powerful predictor of a person's political party than her gender, whether she identifies as gay or lesbian, whether she is Hispanic, whether she lives in the South or a number of other demographic characteristics.
Left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) may be a more powerful predictor of cardiac events than SV alone.
