The phrase "a reasonable predictor of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability of one variable or factor to forecast or indicate the outcome of another.
Example: "The study found that age is a reasonable predictor of health outcomes in older adults."
Alternatives: "a reliable indicator of" or "a valid forecast of".
"It's difficult for the government to argue that the past is a reasonable predictor of the future.
Soil group alone was a reasonable predictor of response to fertilization.
Findings presented in this paper show that the hanging bag test is a reasonable predictor of actual field performance.
But it does support the idea that at least in areas where physical effort is important, and for men, good looks are a reasonable predictor of outcome.
We also find that, in Kenya, farmers' reported soil type is a reasonable predictor of several objective soil fertility indicators while farmer-reported soil quality is not.
Both compounds were sorbed more by clay minerals than by organic matter and cation exchange capacity was a reasonable predictor of the sorption of sulfolane and DIPA by soils and aquifer materials with low contents of organic C (<1 g/100 g).
The Stokes deformations number appears to be a reasonable predictor for granule breakage within the granulator.
Assuming many lineages emerged at the Plio-Pleistocene period, this would again suggest that the 0.03 threshold is a more reasonable predictor of lineages describing potential candidate species than the 0.06 threshold.
It's not 100percentt, but it's a reasonable predictor.
The final multivariate models indicated that sociodemographic, psychological, and clinical factors were reasonable predictors of new‐onset WP in older adults.
Typical phenotypic traits considered important in mate choice include body weight and size, both assumed to be reasonable predictors of fecundity and investment capability.
