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If methodology serves to appraise ‘already formulated pieces of knowledge, such as theories or steps in a research program’, this chapter is, strictly speaking, not about methodology in the deductivist sense.
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Law, T. (2013). Research Methodology. In: The Future of Thermal Comfort in an Energy- Constrained World. Springer Theses. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00149-4_6
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