The phrase "affect the tendency of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one factor influences or changes the inclination or behavior of another factor.
Example: "The new policy is expected to affect the tendency of employees to work overtime."
Alternatives: "influence the inclination of" or "impact the behavior of".
On the one hand, the general schooling system may affect the tendency of youth to leave school early, i.e. to finishing their education with a degree at the lower secondary or lower level, with the consequence of experiencing more difficulties entering the labor market.
It is clear that variation in production practices that involve the cultivar, sowing date and transplant location significantly affect the tendency of Welsh onion to bolt, but the specific effect of each factor and their interactions have not been investigated.
In our study, we are interested not only in the degree to which such high levels of belief affect the tendency to interpret the experience in supernatural terms but also the degree to which pre-existing belief systems can affect the content of the hallucinations themselves.
He added that cultural factors affected the tendency of owners to tap the value of their homes.
Although the observation of conspecifics engaged in a particular activity has clearly affected the tendency of the satiated chicken to engage in that activity, it is not clear what they might have learned from this observation.
It is verified that the choice of the concentration of LiTFSA and the composition of the solvent mixture affects the tendency of Al dissolution significantly.
It was found that increasing or decreasing the temperature affects the tendency of the bridge deck to develop transverse cracking in different manner therefore the effect of both increasing and decreasing the temperature was considered in the study.
Predator avoidance behavior is an important determinant of grassland bird species' response to variation in microhabitat structure, affecting the tendency of certain species to flock [30].
In this study, we assess how the addition of flow affects the tendency of fish to shoal compared to the static conditions typically used in laboratory experiments.
Furthermore, we explored whether gF affected the tendency to utilize specific interference control mechanisms.
