"individual-level" vs. "individual level"

[Jobs]

Hello,

I'm wondering about these two options, I suppose the first option:

individual-level

is correct if I want to accentuate the fact that something has been studied at a level which focuses on single individuals and their behavior. For example, "Prediction of individual-level outcomes"


By the way, are there alternative ways to say the same thing?

 

[Barb_D]

Hi,
When you have a compound phrase like that that works together to modify a noun, the hyphen is generally used.

It seems clear enough to me, but maybe if you wrote a couple sentences using that whole phrase, we might be able to come up with alternatives.

 

[Jobs]

Thanks!

Actually it will be title and I was thinking about the alternative:

• Predicting individual-level voting behavior using neural network methods
• Prediction of individual-level voting behavior using neural network methods

Btw, which one of these is better? Are they equal? Suggestions?

 

[Barb_D]

I prefer the first.

The second would have to be "The prediction of"