What is methodology?
I’m really not sure what methodology I can use for project. Because in the past I majored in Accounting which can simply use quantitative method or qualitative method to analyse data, but I’m not sure for this creative project what can I use.
Methodology is the study of research methods,[1][2] or, more formally, “‘a contextual framework’ for research, a coherent and logical scheme based on views, beliefs, and values, that guides the choices researchers [or other users] make”.[3][4]
It comprises the theoretical analysis of the body of methods and principles associated with a branch of knowledge such that the methodologies employed from differing disciplines vary depending on their historical development. This creates a continuum of methodologies[5] that stretch across competing understandings of how knowledge and reality are best understood. This situates methodologies within overarching philosophies and approaches.[6]
Methodology may be visualized as a spectrum from a predominantly quantitative approach towards a predominantly qualitative approach.[7] Although a methodology may conventionally sit specifically within one of these approaches, researchers may blend approaches in answering their research objectives and so have methodologies that are multimethod and/or interdisciplinary.[8][9][10]
In general, a methodology proposes to provide solutions – therefore, the same as a method.[10][11] Instead, a methodology offers a theoreticalperspective for understanding which method, set of methods, or best practices can be applied to the research question(s) at hand.
方法论是对研究方法的研究[1][2]，或者更正式地说，“一个研究的“背景框架”，一个基于观点、信念和价值观的连贯和逻辑的方案，指导研究人员[或其他用户]做出的选择”。[3][4]
它包括对与一个知识分支相关的方法和原则的理论分析，因此不同学科采用的方法因其历史发展而不同。这就形成了一系列方法[5]，这些方法跨越了对如何更好地理解知识和现实的相互竞争的理解。这将方法论置于总体哲学和方法中。[6]
方法论可以被可视化为一个从以定量为主的方法到以定性为主的方法的光谱。[7] 尽管一种方法论通常可能具体地包含在其中一种方法中，但研究人员在回答他们的研究目标时可能会混合各种方法，因此有多种方法和/或跨学科的方法论。[8][9][10]
一般来说，一种方法提出的是提供解决方案——因此，与一种方法相同。[10] [11]相反，方法论为理解哪种方法、一套方法或最佳实践可以应用于手头的研究问题提供了理论视角。