"measures acceptance" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to the process of determining how much something is accepted by the general public. For example, "Marketing research showed that the new product had widespread measures acceptance."
This supports our contention that the MATE measures "acceptance" in our population.
The CVD-AAQ measures acceptance of thoughts and feelings related to cardio-vascular illness and the degree to which they interfere with valued action.
It measures acceptance of diabetes-related feelings and thoughts and the extent to which they interfere with valued action (e.g., "I avoid thinking about what diabetes can do to me") [ 26].
The Emotion subscale measures negative emotions such as anger and sadness, the Social Inclusion subscale measures acceptance from and positive relationships with others, and the Social Exclusion subscale measures feelings of being left out and being treated differently than others [ 29].
Measured acceptance: The Heat could become dominant, but not this season.
Indigo was designed to measure acceptance for an Indy Car-inspired open-top roadster.
A content analysis of 13 instruments that aim to measure acceptance of chronic pain was performed.
They scored an average of 86.8% agreement with statements measuring acceptance of biological evolution (Additional file 1: Table S1).
Relatedly, although a range of instruments have been used to measure acceptance and understanding of evolution, their operationalization is suboptimal.
We recognize the existence of several extant methodological tools that measure acceptance and understanding of biological evolution (e.g., Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) and Conceptual Inventory of Natural Selection (CINS); see "Discussion" section).
This is supported by Cunningham and Wescott, (2009), who found that similar statements in their study were also effective at measuring acceptance.
