The phrase "a categorical method" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a method that is clear-cut, definitive, or based on categories in a specific context, such as research or analysis.
Example: "In our study, we employed a categorical method to classify the data into distinct groups for better analysis."
Alternatives: "a definitive approach" or "a clear-cut method".
The categorical format had a mean of 5.6 more drugs entered using the categorical method in two minutes than the alphabetical format (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.5 to 6.8, P < 0.0001).
As seen in Figure 4, neither of these approaches is adequate, with the categorical method resulting in residual confounding and the continuous linear method being a false assumption.
We selected the categorical method of analysis because the association of PTEs with mental disorder may not be linear.
The data was entered into BioNumerics version 6.1 (Applied Maths, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium), and cluster analysis was performed using the categorical method and the unrooted UPMGA tree.
The lack of empirical support for the categorical method of diagnosing personality disorders, diagnostic thresholds and the heterogeneity of PD diagnoses [ 28, 29], led to a complete revision [ 30] of PD diagnoses for the new DSM-V (http://www.dsm5.org).
(F ) Scatterplot of assigned density category based on the percentage of stroma and epithelium per specimen shows that this categorical method of assessing MD produced results consistent with those derived from JMicroVision analyses as shown in Fig. 3 (n = 41 women).
As well, we will consider mediation with AKI defined as a categorical variable (methods detailed in online appendix).
Computer-assisted methods provide a measure of the projected area of dense tissue on a continuous scale and could represent a less subjective alternative to categorical methods of quantifying breast densities.
Also, a number of interpretation guidelines have been reported including categorical methods (Barnes and Millis, 1995), semiquantitative scoring systems (McCarty et al, 1985) and multivariate methods combining several interpretation features (Elston et al, 1998).
On the one hand, it is certainly the task of philosophy to clarify the general epistemological and ontological status of categories and categorical methods, both in the practice of mathematics and in the foundational landscape.
