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In the next leg of our “three-legged” stool, we learn that the research methodology is much more than just a simple set of methods—it is the science of measurement and the process of obtaining and allocating the sample. Methodology also critically evaluates the overall validity and reliability of scientific research. We ask questions like how the researchers obtain their information and why they use a particular technique, tool, or protocol.
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Unless many assumptions are made, in which case the study becomes much more vulnerable to error and bias (see Chap. 5 for more).
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See Sect. 2.3.2, Experimental Design.
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See Messick (1995).
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In reality, temperature is a subjective and humanistic perception of hot or cold, an expression of thermal motion at the subatomic level. Thus, there is no absolute scale that theoretically measures temperature, rather there are different subjective scales used in its measurement such as Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin.
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Khakshooy, A.M., Chiappelli, F. (2018). Methodology. In: Practical Biostatistics in Translational Healthcare. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57437-9_3
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