Method ˈmeθəd Noun Effective Traditional/Alternative Scientific Data Analysis

• which method is the most effective?
• traditional/alternative methods
• a scientific method of data analysis
• a reliable method of measuring blood pressure

method

1. a particular way of doing something
• SEE ALSO barrier method
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• Which method is the most effective?
• traditional/alternative methods
• a scientific method of data analysis
• a reliable method of measuring blood pressure
• the best method for arriving at an accurate prediction of the costs
• Developing new methods to keep insects out of food packages is critical.
• to use/employ/apply a method
• to devise/propose/adopt a method
• He's quite critical of modern teaching methods.

Extra Examples

• This is the best method of settling such arguments.
• This is a simpler method for making bread.
• Farmers are seeking less toxic methods of pest control.
• Scientists have developed two new methods of detecting the chemical.
• Various methods were used in these studies.
• We can apply these methods to a wide range of problems.
• This method involves cutting a very thin slice from the object.
• This illustrates how experimental methods can be used to explore these issues.
• a range of contraceptive methods
• Methods were described for growing this vegetable in 200 BC.
2. the quality of being well planned and organized
• There's very little method in his approach.
• We have to apply some method to this investigation.
3. there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘prescribed medical treatment for a disease’): via Latin from Greek methodos ‘pursuit of knowledge’, from meta- (expressing development) + hodos ‘way’.