"preference order" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the order of someone's preferences or choices. For example, "She listed her preference order for the items she wanted to buy: shoes, a purse, and a belt."
To differentiate between attributes with and without a preference-ordered domain, those with a preference order are called criteria while those without are referred to as attributes, as in the CRSA.
These chimpanzees were tested with three foods of a very clear preference order: M&M chocolate candies were the most preferred (preferred 100% of the time over both other options), then sweet potato pieces (uncooked; preferred to cucumbers 100% of the time), and then cucumber pieces (never preferred to the other options).
A variant analysis prefers cigarette smoking (by changing the preference order to 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 9, 10, 7, 8, 6).
The utility of each actor determines the value of the outcome to this actor, leading to a preference order of allocations for the actor; the higher the utility, the more preferred the outcome.
Most recently, the Labour leadership election that saw Ed Miliband elected allowed for candidates to be ranked in preference order.
When building guards told the crowd in the lobby that ticketholders would get preference, order declined and entropy increased.
When you have your quotes, put them in preference order and negotiate with your second choice (this allows you to practice before going to your ultimate venue).
Darlene Armour of Sandusky, Ohio, submitted a list of 10 names, in preference order: Houdina, Liberty, Chatty, Shady Lady, Blink, Skippy, Browser, Caper, Traveler, Sultana.
The Liberal leader is also expected to announce today that the Coalition will place the Greens below Labor in its list of recommended preference order for voters for the House of Representatives.
His preference announcement – meaning the Coalition will place the Greens below Labor in its "how to vote" list of recommended preference order for voters for the House of Representatives – will affect only those seats where the Greens are placed second on the primary votes.
The preference order changes to OM > PdM > PM > CM > AM.
