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This article needs to talk about methodology generally and comprehensively. It would also be nice to have some treatment on the usage question between methodology and method. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acjelen (talk • contribs)

• -ology means the study of; so methodology concerns itself with documenting methods rather than employing them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.234.56.130 (talk • contribs)
• "a particular procedure or set of procedures". [1] I don't think this definition is helpful it blurs the destinction of method and methodology. I my view methodology is not "a particular procedure", but as usggested above, "the study of" just that. 213.185.21.67 11:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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This article is riddled with original research. In particular, the entire "Examples" section ought be deleted. 24.126.199.129 04:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I disagree - the examples given are not original. They are uncited and vague, which is different. Links need to be given to either the sources or if there are none, to other articles/websites which explain positivism and constructionism in more detail. But it is relevant stuff and shouldn't be deleted. Perhaps it should instead be complemented with an example of a justification of research design, or something like that?

(please sign your comments). I agree with whoever wrote the paragraph directly above. The examples help the reader understand what a methodology is. It sure helped me.   The Transhumanist    07:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)