method of comparison

collocation in English

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method
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmeθ.əd/us
/ˈmeθ.əd/
a particular way of ...
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comparison
noun[C or U]
uk
/kəmˈpær.ɪ.sən/us
/kəmˈper.ɪ.sən/
the act of comparing two or more people ...
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(Definition ofmethodandcomparisonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mean sample volume per chamber is only onemethodofcomparison.
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Thismethodofcomparisonallowed patients to act as their own controls.
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The pair-wisemethodofcomparisonwas used to rank the important evaluative criteria for sesame varieties which they deemed to be important for the breeding process.
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A furthermethodofcomparison, presented in this study, is calculation of genetic identity at each enzyme locus for comparison between the 3 groups of stocks.
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This is extremely useful as amethodofcomparison.
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Regardless of themethodofcomparisonused, it is clear that both groups have lost out as regards social welfare, freedom and security.
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What is the suggestion then as to themethodofcomparisonof the figures when fixing the quota?
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It is introducing an almost impossiblemethodofcomparison.
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I think that is a fairmethodofcomparison.
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I believe that anybody who is sufficiently retrograde to think so might usefully spend five minutes on the empiricalmethodofcomparison.
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I will merely remark that thismethodofcomparisonis not fair.
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But if you take almost any othermethodofcomparisonbesides numbers—such as education, surely the most important qualification for a people desiring self-government—the result will be different.
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For other sorts of trees and for networks there is yet no standardmethodofcomparison.
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Anothermethodofcomparisonis to look at both supervised and unsupervised group comparisons.
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Unfortunately, the technology used by these software suites is proprietary, making it difficult to determine what methods of comparison are actually being used.
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Theirmethodofcomparisoninvolves considering probabilities.
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Two different methods of comparison were used.
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This difference supported also by other methods of comparison points out the weak genetic affinity between the two populations with different historical destinies.
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