My friend Andrew has recently completed his PhD, and replied helpfully to a recent email I sent scratching my head over methodology...
Methodology is the great demon of research, and once you get the hang of it, it is not a problem - its a zen test. However, by testing, be careful that you don't let yourself slip into the idea of test = metrics. It is much more complicated than that. Or rather it is isn't: its much broader than that. Comparison will probably have to be made, that is your most likely route, but it isn't a question of matching like with like, nor or finding a 'better' solution, the articulation of a field will constitute research quite happily in the right context. (Assuming that you're interpretation is novel, and draws from other fields, for example).
No comments:
Post a Comment