The phrase "determine something as" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to decide or ascertain something as a particular thing or to identify something as a certain type or category. Here is an example: The lab results will help the doctor determine the cause of your symptoms as an allergic reaction.
But the idea of applying a software algorithm to determine something as unique as someone's personal style might seem anathema to dyed-in-the-wool fashion lovers.
"They've unlocked a whole new mechanism for how a supergene can determine something as complex as behavior".
A test with dubious reliability should not be used to determine something as crucial as the whether a child should remain with their parents.
Human beings are able to determine something as something (e.g., a door as a door) due to our enculturation into a conceptually structured space of reasons without which we would respond causally to our environment like a fire alarm responds to smoke.
"You are not waiting 5 or 10 years to determine something," such as whether a drug prolongs survival, said Cheryl London, a veterinary oncologist at Ohio State University who conducted the Sugen trial while at the University of California.
But you do learn something as well".
How to determine something so subjective as what makes one person giggle and another give a dismissive shrug?
But how to determine something like this?
Working on Astraea differed from a network sitcom gig because there was hardly any budget at all; it was a passionate group of friends determined to make something as beautiful as possible.
A field can be determined by markers, lines, or something as simple as pre-existing trees.
"Fly Fishing" students learn that by doing something as simple as measuring water temperature, they can determine whether fish in the area are spawning.
