“Econometrics may be defined as the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on the concurrent development of theory and observation, related by appropriate methods of inference.” MayEconomicTheoryDevelopmentMethodObservationDefinedAnalysisRelatedAppropriateInferenceEconometrics Author:Paul Samuelson
“It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of a specific activity or method. It must always relate to a better life for everyone.” ImportantTermActivityAimMethodDefinedRelateBetter Life Author:W. Edwards Deming
“Without precisely defined sources, methods, and concepts, it is possible to see absolutely everything and its opposite.” SourceConceptsOppositesMethodDefined Author:Thomas Piketty
“I may remark parenthetically that the modern apparatus of the theory of small samples, once it goes beyond the determination of its own specially defined parameters and becomes a method for positive statistical inference in new cases, does not inspire me with any confidence unless it is applied by a statistician by whom the main elements of the dynamics of the situation are either explicitly known or implicitly felt.” MayDoeFeltSituationKnownCasesModernInspireTheoryElementsDeterminationMethodDefinedRemarksDynamicsSampleParametersInferenceStatistician Book:Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine Source: Cybernetics Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
“Atheism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a lifestyle and ethical outlook verifiable by experience and the scientific method, independent of all arbitrary assumptions of authority and creeds.” MayReasonAttitudeAcceptingAtheismAuthorityAimIndependentMethodLifestyleDefinedAssumptionEthicalCreedsOutlookArbitrarySupremacyScientific MethodMental Attitude Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that is not the passing of philosophy, and it leaves the philosopher with the task of grasping natures or essences (among other things).” IdeasPhilosophyTasksEssencePhilosophicalMethodPhilosopherPassingPassingsWelcomeDefinedAnalysisGrasping Author:Robert Adams
“It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.” LifeImportantLife IsValuesTermLeadershipClearPlansActivityJudgmentAimMethodPlanningDefinedRelate Author:W. Edwards Deming
“When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them to the documents of the II Vatican Council, I cannot help being bewildered. For what was condemned as heresy in 1906 was proclaimed as what is and should be from now on the doctrine and method of the Church. In other words, the modernists of 1906 were, somewhat, precursors to me. My masters were part of them. My parents taught me Modernism. How could Saint Pius X reject those that now seem to be my precursors?” ShouldHelpingSeemsParentChurchTaughtMastersMethodSaintDoctrineDefinedCompareRejectsRelativeDocumentsCouncilHeresyModernismBewilderedPrecursor Author:Jean Guitton