The phrase "a particular answer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific response or solution to a question or problem.
Example: "In response to the inquiry, I was looking for a particular answer that would clarify the situation."
Alternatives: "a specific response" or "a distinct solution".
But hoping for a particular answer is not.
I wanted to identify a gap in capability, not to suggest that I have a particular answer".
While there are some doubts over the ComRes questions, the Populus ones seem strongly slanted towards provoking a particular answer.
The result is effectively a "push poll" – questions designed to elicit a particular answer, and thus allow the Conservatives to claim public support.
"The first step in analyzing suspicious strings is to estimate the probability each child would give a particular answer on each question," he wrote.
This enabled the prosecutor to ask questions leading to a particular answer, which are not normally allowed, and to confront Ms. Bensin with statements she had made before the grand jury.
DDMC item answer choices look quite conventional, but the statistical performance of these items is very different than conventional items, because a particular wrong answer is chosen by most of those students who incorrectly answer the item.
Further, the instructor can promote a class dialogue by asking students in pairs to try explaining why an individual might choose one particular answer, regardless of the answer they themselves chose.
But maybe, too, there is a particular British answer.
Agius recommends two tools to identify the most commonly asked questions your audience may have about a particular topic: Answer The Public and BloomBerry.
Psychometricians generally reject items with certain statistical profiles, particularly those for which moderately scoring students prefer a particular wrong answer with greater frequency than their lower-performing classmates (Sadler, 1998).
