methodology
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Etymology
From French méthodologie. By surface analysis, method + -ology.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛθ.əˈdɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛθ.əˈdɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌmɛθ.ɪˈdɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒi/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
methodology (countable and uncountable, plural methodologies)
- (originally sciences) The study of methods used in a field.
- Coordinate term: epistemology
- research methodology
- 1988, Donald T. Campbell, Methodology and Epistemology for Social Sciences: Selected Papers, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN:
- In doing so it will describe two metatheories of scientific thought regarding the nature of methodology and epistemology in social science.
- 1998, Abbas Tashakkori, Charles Teddlie, Mixed Methodology: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, SAGE, →ISBN:
- This volume is an addition to the rapidly growing area of interest in research methodology: the study of mixed method and mixed model studies.
- 2023 October, Haibo Shen, “JIĀO/JIÀO 教 Chinese bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually: A pedagogy for intercultural doctoral education”, in Linguistics and Education, volume 77, :
- To explore effective pedagogies to motivate these bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually, this paper draws upon methodologies about translingualism and intercultural doctoral education to dispel the recurrent doubts raised by these bilingual doctoral researchers.
- (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.
- 2011, Herbert Birkhofer, The Future of Design Methodology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 2:
- Design Methodology is understood as a concrete course of action for the design of technical systems that derives its knowledge from design science and cognitive psychology, and from practical experience in different domains.
- The implementation of such methods etc.
Usage notes
Etymologically, methodology refers to the study of methods. Thus the use of methodology as a synonym for methods (or other simple terms such as means, technique, or procedure) is proscribed as both inaccurate and pretentious.
Derived terms
Related terms
- metamethod (sometimes synonymous)
Translations
the study of methods used in a field
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a collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field
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Further reading
methodology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “methodology”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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