The phrase "as a method of testing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a specific approach or technique used to evaluate or assess something.
Example: "The researchers implemented a new software feature as a method of testing user engagement."
Alternatives: "as a means of evaluation" or "as a technique for assessment."
Plutarch recommends suspension of judgment as a method of testing and evaluating knowledge obtained through the senses (Adv. Col. 1124B).
The fingertip culture method was however, used as a method to convince the users towards the effectiveness of the product, and not as a method of testing the antimicrobial efficacy of the 'test product'.
They described a crop model as a '…collection of testable hypotheses…' and viewed model inter-comparison as a method of testing the hypotheses embedded in the models through an examination of their ability to predict detailed within season measurements of the crops growth and development.
Think of flirting as a method of testing the temperature of the pool water; if the water is cold, you wait, if it's warm, you get in slowly, and if it's hot you dive in head first.
Unlike the DLA, PIP is a points-based assessment, awarded on "descriptors" on a range of activities (such as washing and bathing) – a method of testing that campaigners long warned would be crude and inaccurate, just like with the infamous work capability assessment.
Praised by its supporters as a revolutionary method of testing critical thinking skills of students, the California Learning Assessment System test has come under fire amid charges of asking students personal questions and failing to measure basic skills.
However, it appears as a promising method of testing that we have now adopted for high stakes assessment in our curriculum.
Emulsification of hydrocarbons is also used as an indirect method of testing the surface activity (Belcher et al. 2012).
Avenzoar, an Arabic physician in 12th-century Moorish Spain who also practiced dissection, introduced animal testing as an experimental method of testing surgical procedures before applying them to human patients.
Because of the probable differences in vivo and in vitro as well as the method of testing, a direct comparison cannot be made with the findings of the studies of Malkoc et al. (2005) and Demir et al. (2005).
In this study, we used axial compression as it is a reproducible method of testing mechanical parameters and is clinically applicable to the mode of failure of regenerate bone.
