Sentence examples for measures of preference from inspiring English sources

In the method known as sociometry, members nominate others (e.g., as best friends) to yield measures of preference and rejection in groups.

In our study, though we use proxy measures of preference which may introduce additional noise, we still find evidence of an unobserved entrepreneurial ability affecting occupational choice, and the evidence persists even after controlling for taste for variety and risk aversion.

In this regard, Maximino et al. [29] showed that confining animals thrice in the white compartment prior to the scototaxis experiment does not alter spatio-temporal measures of preference, but decrease the frequency of burst swimming, freezing and thigmotaxis in the white compartment, suggesting that this treatment could diminish fear.

This will mainly affect the measures of preference regarding diagnosis of cognitive impairment and measures of mental health.

Section 2 describes the development of normative decision theory in terms of ever more powerful and flexible measures of preferences.

Other early experimentalists included Wundt's spatial perception studies, suggesting the importance of active attention (Outlines of Psychology, 1896/1907); and Fechner's comparative measures of preferences across persons, which he takes to yield universally valid, if modest, claims about aesthetic choice.

Comparison between the two, allowed a measure of preference.

We used the proportion of time spent in each branch as a measure of preference.

Probability as a measure of preference of selected region was mathematically proved and experimentally verified.

Together, these two experiments suggest that the method is effective, providing a spontaneous measure of preference.

Contemporary decision theorists typically interpret utility as a measure of preference, so that to say that $A$ has greater utility than $B$ (for an agent) is simply to say that the agent prefers $A$ to $B$.