"correct the perception" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it any time you want to express the idea of changing someone's perception or opinion of something. For example: "We need to take steps to correct the perception that the company is not eco-friendly."
Greg Hayman, a spokesman for the university, said the request was among several initiatives to correct the perception that Cambridge was "not for young people from ordinary backgrounds".
Mr Layden also dismissed Mr Fitzgerald's claim that Mrs May told Jordan's king that the UK government wanted to help correct the perception that Jordan used torture.
He needs to be presented as a well-rounded personality and to correct the perception that he is a bit geeky".
Secretary Powell is traveling at a time of mounting complaints from friendly Arab countries that the United States needs to do more to calm the situation and, in particular, to correct the perception that the administration was being too lenient toward the Israelis.
To correct the perception that its commitment is open-ended, the Bush Administration should announce that, after U.S. forces return to their pre-surge levels of 15 combat brigades in the summer of 2008, it intends to draw down a few additional brigades before it leaves office in January, 2009.
They want to correct the perception that they and their customers are at loggerheads.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a video specifically designed to provide relevant information on gambling and to correct the perceptions that adolescents have about pathological gamblers.
These results are suggestive of a new type of targeted therapy that can drive autoimmune responses into long-term remission and possibly afford a means of determining whether correction of a physical cause of muscle weakness also corrects the perception of chronic, generalized fatigue.
In a note appended to an alternate version of the story, Kerouac explained that its purpose was to correct the public perception of football players.
Naval Academy, Block was quoted as saying that this new chapel would correct "the general perception that we don't serve in the military.
Thus, education campaigns may be needed to emphasize the importance of proper hand-washing and correct the incorrect perception that rinsing hands with water is protective.
