Methodological

Refers to overarching strategy and rationale of a research project or paper. The specific
procedures or techniques used to identify, select, process, and analyze information about a
topic. In a research paper, the methodological section allows the reader to critically evaluate a
study's overall validity and reliability. It is any study that describes or analyzes methods in
published or unpublished literature. The purpose of a methodological research is to explain the
reasoning behind your approach to your research that you'll need to support your collection
methods, methods of analysis, and other key points of your work. The three common
approaches to conducting methodological research are quantitative, qualitative, and mixed
methods. This three anticipates the type of data needed to respond to a research question.
Qualitative research methodologies seek to capture information that often can't be expressed
numerically. These methodologies often include some level of interpretation from researchers
as they collect information via observation, coded survey or interview responses, and so on.
Quantitative methodologies is the dominant research framework in the social sciences. It refers
to a set of strategies, techniques and assumptions used to study psychological, social and
economic processes through the exploration of numeric patterns. Quantitative research gathers
a range of numeric data. A mixed methods study combines quantitative and qualitative data
collection and analysis in one study. Individually, these approaches can answer different
questions, so combining them can provide you with more in-depth findings.

Replicability
Procedures that are repeated to enable the researcher to arrive at valid and conclusive results.
Replicability is about obtaining consistent results across studies aimed at answering the same
specific question, each of which has obtained its own data. Replicability is important because it
is one of the key ways scientists build confidence in the scientific merit of results. When the
result from one study is found to be consistent by another study, it is more likely to represent a
reliable claim to new knowledge. one of the key ways scientists build confidence in the
scientific merit of results. When the result from one study is found to be consistent by another
study, it is more likely to represent a reliable claim to new knowledge. For example, if a new
research paper concludes that smoking is not related to lung cancer, readers would be very
skeptical because it disagrees with the weight of existing evidence. If the paper explained in
detail how the research was carried out, other researchers would be able to repeat the
research and either confirm or oppose the findings. However, if the paper did not explain how
the research was carried out, readers would have no way of testing the controversial
conclusions. Replicability is an essential concept throughout the Understanding Health
Research tool. As readers, we cannot know for sure whether researchers have misrepresented
or lied about their findings, but we can always ask whether the paper gives us enough detail to
be able to replicate the research. If the research is replicable, then any false conclusions can
eventually be shown to be wrong.
Abstract
a concise summary of a research paper or entire thesis. It is an original work, not an excerpted
passage. An abstract must be fully self-contained and make sense by itself, without further
reference to outside sources or to the actual paper. abstract is an outline/brief summary of
your paper and your whole project. It should have an intro, body and conclusion. It is a well-
developed paragraph, should be exact in wording, and must be understandable to a wide
audience. Abstracts are designed to highlight key points from major sections of the paper and
to explain what the paper includes. Abstracts provide sufficient details to expedite classifying
the paper as relevant to readers' clinical work or research interests. The abstract is also called a
synopsis or an executive summary. Now, what is the rule of abstract? An abstract briefly
explains the salient aspects of the content. Abstracts should be accurate and succinct, self-
contained, and readable. The abstract should paraphrase and summarize rather than quote
from the paper. Abstracts should relate only to the paper to be presented or assessed. Again,
an abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding, or
any in-depth analysis of a particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly
ascertain the paper's purpose.