The phrase "aiming to quantify" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an intention or goal to measure or express something in numerical terms.
Example: "The researchers are aiming to quantify the effects of the new drug on patient recovery times."
Alternatives: "seeking to measure" or "intending to assess".
Different importance measures exist in the literature, aiming to quantify the contributions of model inputs to the output uncertainty.
Studies aiming to quantify variability in these parameters on palaeo-timescales have emphasised the roles of the Southern Ocean6,7,8,9,10 and the deep Pacific Ocean11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19.
After an investigation of the forces involved in U2EBA, experiments aiming to quantify the anti-stiction effect of ultrasonic actuation are described.
Mission accomplished, Lapchick unleashed his statistical barrage, aiming to quantify how far sports has come in the pursuit of racial and gender diversity — and how far the industry still has to go.
A large experimental campaign comprised of 470 withdrawal tests was carried out, aiming to quantify the withdrawal resistance of self-tapping screws (STS) inserted in the side face of cross laminated timber (CLT) elements.
Now online video firm Octoly has published a report aiming to quantify that, claiming that by June 2014, Minecraft videos had been watched 30.8 billion times, with only 183 million of those views coming from the channel of Mojang, the game's publisher.
Contrast "we aim to quantify a large number of metabolites" with "we aim to quantify 1,000 metabolites".
This study aimed to quantify in vivo edge-loading in MoMHRA patients with and without pseudotumours during functional activities.
Our research aims to quantify rates of soil nitrogen cycling and elucidate the controls on those rates.
Another, very different, application of the approach is the Canadian Learning Index, a yearly measure that aims to quantify and encourage "group excellence" in learning-related activities.
