METHODOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does methodology mean? 

• METHODOLOGY (noun)
  The noun METHODOLOGY has 2 senses:

1. the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

2. the system of methods followed in a particular discipline

  Familiarity information: METHODOLOGY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METHODOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

methodological analysis; methodology

Hypernyms ("methodology" is a kind of...):

epistemology (the philosophical theory of knowledge)

Derivation:

methodological (relating to the methodology of some discipline)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The system of methods followed in a particular discipline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("methodology" is a kind of...):

method (a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "methodology"):

scientific method (a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses)

Derivation:

methodological (relating to the methodology of some discipline)

 Context examples 

Methodology used by the FDA to establish what is or isn't 'safe' has been subject to scrutiny from a number of scientists.

(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Conduct clinical trials and develop new trial methodologies.

(Conduct Clinical Trials, NCI Thesaurus)

Methodology used to compensate a healthcare provider for care provided to a patient.

(Healthcare Payment Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Adjunctive methodologies may be warranted, especially in models not showing progression to more definitive and unequivocal invasive carcinoma.

(Microinvasive Carcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Researchers developed a computational methodology to quantify variations in the repeat content of gene and protein sequences.

(Researchers uncover role of repetitive DNA and protein sequences in tumor evolution, National Institutes of Health)

A formal document that describes a complete plan of research activity in the framework of a clinical study; specifically, the study objective(s), design, methodology, eligibility requests for prospective subjects and controls; intervention regimen(s), proposed methods of analysis of data; statistical considerations, and organization of the study.

(Clinical Study Protocol, NCI Thesaurus)

These details include, but are not limited to, the characteristics, specifications, objective(s), background, the pre-study/study/post-study portions of the plan (including the design, methodology, statistical considerations, organization).- The protocol and its versions can each be represented in document form, respectively StudyProtocolDocument and StudyProtocolDocumentVersion.

(Clinical Study Protocol, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Lopez Garcia said, After analyzing many more samples than in previous works, with adequate controls so as not to contaminate them and a well-calibrated methodology, we have verified that there’s no microbial life in these salty, hot and hyperacid pools or in the adjacent magnesium-rich brine lakes.

(Place discovered on earth with no microbial life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)