The phrase "a preference for measures" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's or a group's inclination towards specific actions or strategies in a particular context.
Example: "The committee expressed a preference for measures that promote sustainability in the new policy."
Alternatives: "an inclination towards actions" or "a tendency for strategies".
For example, within Europe, outcome measures will need to be adapted to a particular language [ 3], and there may thus be a preference for outcome measures that already have a local adaptation.
Items and scales were selected with a preference for existing measures tested in patients with ESRD and were tested for reliability and validity.
The development of PROMs for primary care poses specific challenges, including a preference for generic measures that can be used across diseases, including early phases or mild conditions.
Mr. Bush did not express a preference for either measure today but emphasized that it was important for the lawmakers to quickly come to agreement.
Stakeholders also expressed a preference for the measure to avoid language that might infer care home residents are passive recipients (e.g. residents receive), as this was considered contrary to the current policy emphasis of placing service users 'in control'.
The Trump administration, in contrast, has shown a preference for using unilateral measures, like the Section 301 investigation, which allow the United States to act without other countries or the World Trade Organization.
Three organizational limitations are identified: restrictive regulatory procedures, negotiations about appropriate ecological targets which are affected by unbalanced power relationships; and a preference for unambitious but "realistic" measures that are more likely to be implemented.
The European style of policymaking fundamentally diverges from the US model which shows a preference for command-and-control measures with 'technology-forcing' features.
Flawlessness involves the mastery of small proportions and brief measures, a preference for concentration over risk.
In our previous studies we have measured a preference for an alternative activation of macrophages ('type 2 response') induced by T. carassii [24].
