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By: Jean J. Schensul
In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Edited by: Lisa M. Given
Subject:Qualitative Research

Research methodology consists of the assumptions, postulates, rules, and methods—the blueprint or roadmap—that researchers employ to render their work open to analysis, critique, replication, repetition, and/or adaptation and to choose research methods. This term is often used ...

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  Schensul, J. (2008). Methodology. In L. M. Given (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods (pp. 517-521). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n267
  
  Schensul, Jean J. "Methodology." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, edited by Given, Lisa M., 517-21. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n267.
  
  Schensul, J. 2008. Methodology. In: Lisa M. Given Editor, 2008. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 517-521 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n267> [Accessed 7 Mar 2021].
  
  Schensul, Jean J. "Methodology." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods. Edited by Lisa M. Given. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 517-21. SAGE Knowledge. 7 Mar 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963909.n267.
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