method of selection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmethodandselection
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method
noun[C]
uk/ˈmeθ.əd/us/ˈmeθ.əd/
a particular way of ...
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selection
noun
uk/sɪˈlek.ʃən/us/səˈlek.ʃən/
the act of choosing someone ...
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(Definition ofmethodandselectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They neither provided diagnostic criteria for cases, nor described themethodofselectionfor the cases and controls.
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We chose thatmethodofselectionbecause random sampling was logistically awkward, and further, there was no obvious reason to suspect bias from the chosen method.
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Several other services gave no such demonstrable benefit; these either offered their help to unselected bereaved people or relied on self-referral as amethodofselection.
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They were looking for a goodmethodofselection, one that would give as precise results as possible, and tried several of them, in a process of trial and error.
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Surely we ought not, in common sense, to blame the grammar schools for themethodofselectionwhich is carried out.
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When the new electoral registers for 1981 came into use, amethodofselectionbased on a random number formula was put into effect.
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It may be that themethodofselectionand the circumstances under which the right to have a special jury arises, require amendment.
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Will you tell us whether it is in any way possible to raise the question of themethodofselectionof speakers?
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I am satisfied that themethodofselectionwas just and that there is no cause for inquiry into it.
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Secondly, the service should develop a scientific and less subjectivemethodofselectionfor promotion.
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I need not go into themethodofselection.
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The pilot schemes have made an encouraging start, and we are now studying ways in which we might extend thismethodofselection.
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I am not aware that themethodofselectionhas given rise to any public dissatisfaction.
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Onemethodofselectionwas to take the best type of child, but that is a very wide term, and it is difficult to understand.
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We propose a change in themethodofselectionfor this very reason.
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And themethodofselectionbecomes a difficult problem which will require very careful consideration.
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We have removed nature'smethodofselection, and nowadays more and more the responsibility of selection rests with ourselves.
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The absolutemethodofselectionis also causing a fuss.
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The first educational objection is that thismethodofselectionis fallible.
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If they will not do so, we want to know themethodofselection.
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