The phrase "alternative methods of assessing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing different approaches or techniques for evaluation or measurement in various contexts, such as education, research, or performance appraisal.
Example: "In our study, we explored alternative methods of assessing student learning outcomes to provide a more comprehensive evaluation."
Alternatives: "different approaches to evaluation" or "varied techniques for assessment".
At the same time, EU member states are committed to reducing the number of animals used in experiments under the 3 Rs policy (refining, reducing, and replacing the use of animals in laboratory procedures), and so considerable effort has been expended on searching for alternative methods of assessing the human and environmental safety of these compounds.
Prior to the 1970s, midwives placed more emphasis on alternative methods of assessing labour progress [ 28].
Alternative methods of assessing physician behaviour have been described previously [ 16- 18].
Due to the technical difficulties associated with FISH outlined above, alternative methods of assessing HER2 gene amplification status are being investigated.
74 Alternative methods of assessing adherence to exercise-based rehabilitation do exist and include attendance at appointments, 75 although this does not necessarily mean the individual is completing the activities they are meant to be doing.
Alternative methods of assessing bone mineral density, such as quantitative CT (QCT) are therefore particularly appealing in renal transplant recipients and have the added advantage of distinguishing between cortical –which is preferentially influenced by elevated parathyroid hormone- and trabecular Bone Mineral Density.
Crabb et al. reported marked cavitation of pulmonary lesions in 8 of 33 patients (24%) treated with VEGF inhibitor, cediranib, combined with platinum-based chemotherapy, and proposed an alternative method of assessing response excluding the area of cavitation to improve response assessment.
Alternative method of assessing kinase bioactivity distance as described by Bamborough et al.[21].[21]
In 1999 the World Health Organization approved the use of the TgPVR mouse as an alternative method of assessing the effectiveness of the vaccine against poliovirus type-3.
