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methodology /ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒi/ noun A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity. E.g.: "a methodology for investigating the concept of fo

by scoot 2y ago

methodology /ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒi/ noun A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity. E.g.: "a methodology for investigating the concept of focal points" OED

casenmgreen 2y ago
Wikipedia FWIW, first sentence; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology "In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods." I may be wrong, but I think what's happened is that everyone likes saying "methodology", so they do, and so everyone uses it. It's just that it's wrong - but it's normal. Sociology -> study of societies. Psychology -> study of the mind and behaviour. Archaeology -> study of historical human activity (by a particular means). "ology" -> a branch of learning. We are not creating new branches of learning, when we are in fact creating a method to investigate a problem. Also, if we were to say methodology differs to all other uses of -ology, and in fact is a, or a few, methods used to investigate a problem, what word do we then use to describe the study of methods?
- mdp2021 2y ago
  "Methodology" is not overlappable to "Sociology", "Psychology", "Archaeology": a "methodology" can be a logic behind a method. It is a theoretical framework that is supposed to validate the methods you will use. To create a symmetry, you could pose a problem relevant to (say) Psychology, than develop a "psychology" as a theoretical framework valid in Psychology that justifies your further analysis. -- Specifically to the text, the researcher says he checked occurrences of typical names in inscriptions (etc.) and evidence of re-scaled infrastructure - that is the method. The methodology would be expressed in an accompanying study that justifies that method as valid.
  - casenmgreen 2y ago
    If the Wikipedia is correct, in that; > "In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods." Then methodology is overlappable to "Sociology", "Psychology", "Archaeology".
    - mdp2021 2y ago
      You missed that the opening of your quotation is «In its most common sense». So there is the other sense, "a theoretical framework for a method". (And you do not easily find around expressions such as "having proposed a sociology (etc.)" - a theoretical framework for a "what"? You do not have a term for a sociological, psychological, archeological practice.) And you will surely find people that will propose that the other sense is more common than the one the Wikipedia editor identified as occasionally preeminent.
- stoperaticless 2y ago
  Scientology - study of science

by scoot 2y ago

methodology /ˌmɛθəˈdɒlədʒi/ noun A system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity. E.g.: "a methodology for investigating the concept of focal points" OED

casenmgreen 2y ago

Wikipedia FWIW, first sentence; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology "In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods." I may be wrong, but I think what's happened is that everyone likes saying "methodology", so they do, and so everyone uses it. It's just that it's wrong - but it's normal. Sociology -> study of societies. Psychology -> study of the mind and behaviour. Archaeology -> study of historical human activity (by a particular means). "ology" -> a branch of learning. We are not creating new branches of learning, when we are in fact creating a method to investigate a problem. Also, if we were to say methodology differs to all other uses of -ology, and in fact is a, or a few, methods used to investigate a problem, what word do we then use to describe the study of methods?

mdp2021 2y ago
"Methodology" is not overlappable to "Sociology", "Psychology", "Archaeology": a "methodology" can be a logic behind a method. It is a theoretical framework that is supposed to validate the methods you will use. To create a symmetry, you could pose a problem relevant to (say) Psychology, than develop a "psychology" as a theoretical framework valid in Psychology that justifies your further analysis. -- Specifically to the text, the researcher says he checked occurrences of typical names in inscriptions (etc.) and evidence of re-scaled infrastructure - that is the method. The methodology would be expressed in an accompanying study that justifies that method as valid.
- casenmgreen 2y ago
  If the Wikipedia is correct, in that; > "In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods." Then methodology is overlappable to "Sociology", "Psychology", "Archaeology".
  - mdp2021 2y ago
    You missed that the opening of your quotation is «In its most common sense». So there is the other sense, "a theoretical framework for a method". (And you do not easily find around expressions such as "having proposed a sociology (etc.)" - a theoretical framework for a "what"? You do not have a term for a sociological, psychological, archeological practice.) And you will surely find people that will propose that the other sense is more common than the one the Wikipedia editor identified as occasionally preeminent.
stoperaticless 2y ago
Scientology - study of science