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Methodology is defined as (1) "a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline", (2) "a particular procedure or set of procedures", or (3) "the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field" (Merriam–Webster). The common idea here is the collection, the comparative study, and the critique of the individual methods that are used in a given discipline or field of inquiry.
Methodology refers to more than a simple set of methods; rather it refers to the rationale and the philosophical assumptions that underlie a particular study. This is why scholarly literature often includes a section on the methodology of the researchers. This section does more than outline the researchers’ methods (as in, “We conducted a survey of 50 people over a two-week period and subjected the results to statistical analysis,” etc.); it might explain what the researchers’ ontological or epistemological views are. (See ontology , epistomology)
For instance, do the researchers believe in the positivist (see Positivism) paradigm, which holds that truth is out there, waiting to be discovered? In this view, facts exist independently of any theories or human observation. This is very much a view in the Western philosophical tradition, which informs Western science: reality is assumed to be objective – that is, it exists outside of our perceptions of things. And so, in this paradigm, neither the search for truth nor truth itself is problematic; Truth (with a capital "T") is definite and ascertainable. The “men in white coats” conduct an empirical experiment in a lab and then pronounce to the rest of us what they, as “experts,” have discovered.
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Read the definition of propaganda http://is.gd/5pw89 and the descriptions of methodology - which ones do you use? #iran #iranelection
hawaiianbear (Michael Hebert) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:10:12 -0000
Read the definition of propaganda http://is.gd/5pw89 and the descriptions of methodology - which ones do you use? #iran #iranelection
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jktweet (Jessica Kahn) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:25:54 -0000
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@ellecc thats my normal packing methodology. works quite well!
nschreib (Nicole Schreiber) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:16:15 -0000
@ellecc thats my normal packing methodology. works quite well!
@TheWineVault Can't believe they used self-reporting methodology and charged the client with a straight face.
vaughndavis (Vaughn Davis) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:59:10 -0000
@TheWineVault Can't believe they used self-reporting methodology and charged the client with a straight face.
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