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Methods are then defined as <u>tools used by methodologies for limited purposes</u>. They may, therefore, be detachable from a particular methodology and the theory that lies behind it. Models, procedures and techniques are examples of methods. Thus, the robin-round approach to collecting ideas in [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]], the particilar approach used to cluster ideas, the [[Interpretive Structural Modeling]] used for mapping are all methods. | Methods are then defined as <u>tools used by methodologies for limited purposes</u>. They may, therefore, be detachable from a particular methodology and the theory that lies behind it. Models, procedures and techniques are examples of methods. Thus, the robin-round approach to collecting ideas in [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]], the particilar approach used to cluster ideas, the [[Interpretive Structural Modeling]] used for mapping are all methods. | ||
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|Tools used by methodologies for limited purposes<br> Can be detached from a particular methodology and the theory that lies behind it. | |||
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|higher-order term<br>Can provide the bridge between theory and practice | |||
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Jackson argued (Jackson, 2000) that it is particularaly insightful to link methodology closely to theory and to see different principles of method use as related to different theoretical positions. | Jackson argued (Jackson, 2000) that it is particularaly insightful to link methodology closely to theory and to see different principles of method use as related to different theoretical positions. | ||