The phrase "affect the preference of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how one factor influences or changes someone's choices or inclinations.
Example: "The new marketing strategy is expected to affect the preference of consumers towards our brand."
Alternatives: "influence the choice of" or "impact the selection of".
The interview also reveals the important aspects which affect the preference of users to choose the input method while texting messaging.
Our findings also indicate that income and education levels and also personality traits of agreeableness, neuroticism and openness to experience affect the preference of particular automation levels over the others.
Thus, modification of β-endorphin or enkephalin levels, which are the endogenous peptide ligands at MOP does not affect the preference of ethanol intake in mice whereas the elimination of MOP does.
In addition, limited colonoscopy capacity did not affect the preference of one-sample FIT over two-sample FIT strategies, with the exception of the most stringent scenario.
Feeding behaviors are an important example of this phenomenon, where biological sex has been observed to dramatically affect the preference for the taste and smell of specific food items [ 57], as well as overall food intake [ 58].
The criteria and sub-criteria are the factors affecting the preference of the alternatives.
According to the analysis of the collected data, the main factor affecting the preference of respondents toward passenger car is the availability of parking space.
Based on the presented model estimation results, a key factor affecting the preference of respondents toward passenger car is the existence of parking space.
The analysis showed that the main factor affecting the preference of commuters toward passenger car is the availability of parking space.
The probability distribution of choosing a behavior affects the preferences of the behaviors.
Interestingly, in ES cells, Hes1 expression levels at the time of induction of differentiation affect the preference in the cell fate choice: Hes1-high ES cells are prone to the mesodermal fate and Hes1-low ES cells are prone to the neural fate (Kobayashi et al. 2009).
