In psychology, the Thurstone scale was the first formal technique for measuring an attitude.

He was the first to apply certain formal mathematical techniques to individual decision making in economics.

There are also some important differences between ethnographic work and more formal techniques of sociological research.

She is also a singer with what she says is no formal technique.

Pareto analysis is a formal technique useful where many possible courses of action are competing for attention.

-I hear the music but don't consciously register it as a formal technique.

Other organizations had developed less formal and comprehensive techniques for ensuring that risks were considered prior to changes in operations.

At one point during his stay, the prison had an art instructor who came over from San Francisco to teach the formal techniques of painting.

Philosophical logic is the application of formal logical techniques to philosophical problems.

Because Twyla doesn't have a formal classical technique, she has much more freedom.