You will be presented with a citation segment from the section of a research paper. Classify the intent behind this citation by choosing from one of the following categories:

- Method: Cites the paper for its methodology or procedure.
- Background: Cites the paper to provide background information.
- Result: Cites the paper for its findings or results.

Your answer should be a single word from the following list of options: ["Method", "Background", "Result"]. Do not include any other text in your response.

Citation sentence:

In this connection, the vertical component of the pole forces was estimated from the average poling force over an entire cycle relative to body mass, employing the data of Millet et al. (1998b) together with the mean angle of inclination of the poles from plant to lift-off.
Method