Obviously, Siri's children and its server friends will be able to keep up with the latest research and decide on optimal strategies based on patient preference ("I prefer to live longer even if it means all the fancy treatments" or "I want to live a normal life and die. I prefer to spend more of my time with my children than at the hospital" or "I like taking risky treatments").
"If I had my preference, I would prefer my son to be heterosexual because that's easier," Hilton said in an April 1 YouTube clip posted to his website, which can be viewed above.
Value statements are to be distinguished from statements of preference, i.e. statements about what individuals prefer.
To address the question of whether experimental seahorses preferred larger partners, the null hypothesis of no preference (i.e., B = 0.5), was tested with one-sample t tests.
It's really a personal preference: I like the smaller ones with their more even proportion of crust to crumb.
Except that, since by preference I stand leaning against the closed doors, she may offer me her seat.
I don't want to sound condescending, but as a personal preference I don't listen to pop that much.
Like many a worker since he was less enamoured of the open plan, which affirmed a personal preference: "I like rooms with walls".
His preference? "I watch 'The West Wing,' and I kind of wish Martin Sheen could be the president," Mr. Bludworth said.
That has to do, in part, with personal preference: I am drawn to the complications inherent in looking at a different race and culture.
"Personal preference," I recall, is the same excuse that was trotted out not long ago to explain why there were so few women lawyers, physicians and veterinarians.
