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meth·od·ol·o·gy

(mĕth′ə-dŏl′ə-jē)

n. pl. meth·od·ol·o·gies

a. A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods: the methodology of genetic studies; a poll marred by faulty methodology.

b. The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.

2. The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.

meth′od·o·log′i·cal (mĕth′ə-də-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.

meth′od·o·log′i·cal·ly adv.

meth′od·ol′o·gist (-jĭst) adv.

methodology

(ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

1. the system of methods and principles used in a particular discipline

2. (Philosophy) the branch of philosophy concerned with the science of method and procedure

methodological adj

ˌmethodoˈlogically adv

ˌmethodˈologist n

meth•od•ol•o•gy

(ˌmɛθ əˈdɒl ə dʒi)

n., pl. -gies.

1. a set or system of methods, principles, and rules used in a given discipline.

2. a branch of pedagogics dealing with analysis of subjects to be taught and of the methods of teaching them.

[1790–1800; < New Latin]

meth`od•o•log′i•cal (-dlˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl) adj.

meth`od•o•log′i•cal•ly, adv.

methodology

1. the science of method or orderly arrangement and classification.
2. any system created to impose order. See also logic. — methodological, adj.

methodology

noun practice, style, approach, technique, mode, modus operandi Teaching methodologies vary according to the topic.

Translations

metodikametodologie

Methodik

μεθοδολογία

metodología

menetelmäoppimetodologia

méthodologie

metodologia

методология

methodology

[ˌmeθəˈdɒlədʒɪ] N → metodología f

methodology

[ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒi] n → méthodologie f

methodology

n → Methodik f, → Methodologie f

methodology

[ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒɪ] n → metodologia

References in classic literature ?

In like manner, as a question of methodology, the laws of living bodies are to be studied, in the first place, without any undue haste to subordinate them to the laws of physics.

View in context

Majority of organizations face the dilemma of which software development methodology is the most prominent?

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Strauss and Corbin (1998) stated that methodology is a "way of gathering knowledge about the world" (p.

Experience design methodology: the four questions

Then the market research team will help the commercial or research and development (R&D) sides setup the methodology, select vendors, track study and provide the findings, implications and recommendations to those who commissioned the research.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that implemented, effective with the 2002 payment rates, a methodology for calculating copayment amounts that was designed to ensure that even as certain changes affect the payment rates for hospital outpatient services over time, beneficiary coinsurance for services would eventually be 20 percent of the total payment rate for each service.

Medicare: Discrepancy in Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Methodology Leads to Inaccurate Beneficiary Copayments and Medicate Payments

generally accepted accounting principles remain the predominant internal and external financial reporting methodology.

Uncovering value: by using embedded value reporting, insurers can get a clearer picture of where they are making--and losing--profits

With funding from the Public Library Association, the authors developed a cost-benefit analysis methodology and applied it to five large public library systems.

Measuring outcomes: applying cost-benefit analysis to middle-sized and smaller public libraries. (Public Libraries)

The NFESC is interested in technologies and methodologies that are new, innovative, or that advance the state of the art or increase knowledge of a technology or methodology.

Environmental Technologies

May be injurious to the body unless an acknowledged methodology has been a basic part of your previous training.

The Balanchine legacy

An important sign that prices for distressed real estate are improving was given recently by the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), when the agency substantially revised its Derived Investment Value (DIV) methodology for valuing portfolios of non-performing commercial mortgages.

Revision of DIV model considered a good sign

The aid most commonly used to support working memory in information requirements specification is a system development methodology and the associated representation technique.

Requirements specification: learning object, process, and data methodologies

The dynamics of the group process-how the panel reaches unanimity and what compromises are inherent in this process-is an interesting component of the methodology.

Noun	1.	methodology - the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline methodological analysis epistemology - the philosophical theory of knowledge
	2.	methodology - the system of methods followed in a particular discipline method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) scientific method - a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses