methodology
English edit
Etymology edit
From French méthodologie. By surface analysis, method + -ology.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛθ.əˈdɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɛθ.əˈdɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌmɛθ.ɪˈdɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒi/
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Noun edit
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.
- (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 edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
- metamethod (sometimes synonymous)
Translations edit
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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the implementation of such methods etc.
Further reading edit
- methodology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “methodology”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.