The phrase "as stated in the methods section" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to specific information or procedures that have been detailed in the methods section of a document, such as a research paper or report.
Example: "The results were analyzed using the statistical methods as stated in the methods section."
Alternatives: "as outlined in the methods section" or "as described in the methods section".
As stated in the Methods section, Euclidean distance together with a normalized Eq. (2), was used as a similarity criterion.
As stated in the Methods section, the variable reflects, among others, population density and was set by the government.
In fact, even though a threshold score is not defined, a domain score < 50% is usually considered as stated in the "methods" section, of limited use.
As stated in the methods section, our selection was based on a form of snowballing and we thus refrain from generalizations.
As stated in the 'Methods' section, we had decided to exclude treatment groups that were confounded by adjunctive antidepressant treatment, therefore we excluded the lithium + imipramine and the placebo + imipramine groups from the analyses.
As stated in the methods section blood samples were drawn at each visit in order to determine the glucosinolate content in the blood of the participants.
From the publications we extracted the definitions of the study population only as stated in the methods sections and disregarded information about the study population actually achieved (such as the baseline characteristics of participants usually described in the results section).
The study protocol was chosen to resemble normal every day behavior in both magnitude, frequency and duration as stated in the method section.
As stated in the method section, both groups of patients received full ICU support over the first three days.
As we stated in the methods section, our protocol includes a preload assessment to guide fluid and global hemodynamic management of patients.
We refer to the observed logging rate as "illegal" for reason stated in the Methods section below.
