The phrase "alternative instrument for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a different method or tool that serves a similar purpose as another.
Example: "The researchers proposed an alternative instrument for measuring air quality that is more cost-effective."
Alternatives: "substitute tool for" or "replacement method for".
In this study we evaluated the Cellometer Image Cytometer as an alternative instrument for the FC-XM.
After these first experiments in the U.K., PPPs have been growing in popularity as an effective alternative instrument for the provision of goods and services by governments, especially in the infrastructure industry for both developed and developing countries, such as Greece [2], Poland [3], Indian [4], and Ghana [5].
However, it would be useful to validate the scale against an alternative instrument for measuring children's inhibited temperament.
PRFQ-1 – The Parental Reflective Functioning Questionnaire-1 [ 78] is used as an alternative instrument for assessing RF via self-report.
Alternative instruments for evaluating such an aspect may be adopted in future research, enabling the eliciting of more elucidative conclusions.
Hence, the results suggest that policies favoring women, such as encouraging their labor force participation, subsidizing female education and securing more gender equal inheritance should be considered as alternative instruments for the prevention of polygyny.
For our alternative instrument Z2, we make use of the actually observed sanction rates within the agencies.
For the alternative instrument Z2 and individuals who are sanctioned in agencies with a sanction rate above the median (Z2=1), we observe a more modest increase in employment rates from 2.45% to 12.26%.
As an alternative instrument, we use variation in state licensure requirements for medical laboratory technicians.
Two alternative instrument designs to the traditional Rowland grating spectrometer for high resolution ultra-soft X-ray spectroscopy are presented.
Risk screening for delirium was defined as: having used the screening instrument provided by the FEP (Table 1) or an alternative instrument, such as the Groninger Frailty Indicator [ 28] and the Identification of Seniors At Risk or ISAR [ 29].
