methodology
n pl , -gies
1 the system of methods and principles used in a particular discipline
2 the branch of philosophy concerned with the science of method and procedure ♦
methodological adj ♦
methodologically adv ♦
methodologist n
Q-methodology
n a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc. in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
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R-methodology
R-methodology
n any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology