What does cookbookery mean?
Cookbookery means (derogatory) The application of (especially mathematical) techniques learned by rote, without proper understanding or consideration..
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(derogatory) The application of (especially mathematical) techniques learned by rote, without proper understanding or consideration..
In this degenerate laboratory work, in this cookbookery of a ritual of recipes, the aim is not to do an honest experiment but to get the "right" answer.
Most of the New Math is just what the Old Math was — cookbookery. The difference is that the cookbooks are newer, more up to date — which may be a good thing, if cookbookery is what you want.
The problem of cookbookery is not peculiar to data analysis. But the solution of concentrating upon mathematics and proof is.
Use cookbookery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cookbookery means (derogatory) The application of (especially mathematical) techniques learned by rote, without proper understanding or consideration..
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In this degenerate laboratory work, in this cookbookery of a ritual of recipes, the aim is not to do an honest experiment but to get the "right" answer.
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