The phrase 'refers to a method' is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "This study refers to a method of data collection that has been used widely in the past."
It merely refers to a method of storing and transferring data.
It refers to a method of growing crops, usually without soil or natural light, in beds stacked vertically inside a controlled-environment building.
Open source refers to a method of software development in which a program's basic instructions -- its source code -- are freely available to anyone who wants to tinker with and, ideally, improve them.
In horticulture the term budding refers to a method of plant propagation in which a bud of the plant to be propagated is grafted onto the stem of another plant.
In mathematical terms, wedge refers to a method that compresses the visual hemifield along iso-eccentricity lines ( θ = constant ) to a wedge with apex angle below π.
Information gain refers to a method used for feature selection, where the basic idea is to select features that reveal the most information about the classes.
Mr. Barrett said the theme of the room is "auspicey," referring to a method used to divine the future by reading bird patterns.
This is the concern of situational method engineering, where the term situational method is used to refer to a method tailored to the needs of a particular development setting.
I never did that in my life". Tully was referring to a method used by vaulter Dave Volz, who would steady the cross bar with his hand if it was about to fall off.
We refer to a method as "more reliable" if inferred up/pu ratios differ between MP and ML (Mantel-Haentzel test, P<0.05) and duppu values are closer to actual values (Wilcoxon ranked signs test, P<0.05) for one of the methods.
The term continuous quality improvement (CQI) is often used to refer to a method for improving care, but no consensus statement exists on the definition of CQI.
