All 4 Uses of
technique
in
Freakonomics
- A wrestler with ten or more victories probably wouldn't throw a match either, since he has his own strong incentive to win: the 8100,000 prize for overall tournament champion and a series of $20,000 prizes for the "outstanding technique" award, "fighting spirit" award, and others.†
p. 39.9technique = way of doing something
- It is a powerful—if limited—tool that uses statistical techniques to identify otherwise elusive correlations.†
p. 163.4techniques = ways of doing things
- For parents—and parenting experts—who are obsessed with child-rearing technique, this may be sobering news.†
p. 178.0 *technique = way of doing something
- The reality is that technique looks to be highly overrated.†
p. 178.0
Definition:
a way of doing something; or the methods used to do it well