Definition of METHODOLOGY
plural methodologies
1: a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a
particular procedure or set of procedures
demonstrating library research methodology
the issue is massive revision of teaching methodology
—Bob Samples
2: the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular
field
A system of broad principles or rules from which specific methods or procedures may be derived to
interpret or solve different problems within the scope of a particular discipline. Unlike an algorithm, a
methodology is not a formula but a set of practices.
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