Collocations with preference

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food preference
Thus, even if predators show some food preference, they can use other resources when their preferred seeds are not available.
habitat preference
Although each of the study species occupies a slightly different niche in terms of habitat preference and resource use, spatial overlap between species is considerable.
ideological preference
The results for this type of ideological preference proved indistinguishable from those generated by the consistent ideology described here.
individual preference
Probabilities in the theory used in this work are treated as individual preference orders are used in economics.
marked preference
The findings show that generally teachers and students have a marked preference for teacher feedback.
matter of preference
Since the net benefit statistics are exactly equivalent, the choice of scale is a matter of preference.
order of preference
Listed in order of preference.
overwhelming preference
In their view, the overwhelming preference of languages for a single marker indicates that additional markers arise solely through historical accident.
parental preference
However, for the two dimensions describing maternal and parental preference, the model of a homogeneous genetic influence was rejected for boys but not girls.
patient preference
Complete data at 12 months on global outcome was available for 81 randomized patients and 163 patient preference patients.
personal preference
These choices are not always matters of personal preference.
policy preference
Similarly, the effect of the economic variables is differentiated so that optimism or pessimism on them does not always provoke the same policy preference.
presidential preference
This results in inaccurate analysis because the police are actually governed according to presidential preference.
religious preference
The relation of religious preference and practice to depressive symptoms among 1,855 older adults.
slight preference
There appeared to be a slight preference among single women for nieces over nephews.
stated preference
Stated preference has also been used.
strong preference
Participants had a strong preference for face-to-face interviews.
voter preference
We consider classes of voter preference distributions that vary in the level of ideological consistency and the strengths (or intensity) attached to moderate and extreme positions.
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