methodology

A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods.

The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.

The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.

A branch of logic whose office it is to show how the abstract principles of the science are to be applied to the production of knowledge; the doctrine of definition and division; in a broader sense, the science of method in scientific procedure.

A treatise on method.

The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.

The study of methods used in a field.

A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field.

The implementation of such methods etc.