Meanings
nounmethodologist (plural methodologists)
plural methodologists
- A person who studies methodology, or applies its principles.
Reliability, as a main index of measurement quality, has attracted an enormous amount of interest among methodologists and substantive researchers over the past century (e.g., McDonald, 1999).
2019, Tenko Raykov with George A. Marcoulides, “Thanks Coefficient Alpha, We Still Need You!”, in Educational and Psychological Measurement
Origin
From method + -ologist or methodology + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian metodologista
- metodologistaTranslations
Russian методо́лог, методи́ст
- методо́лог (metodólog)Translations
- методи́ст (metodíst)Translations
Spanish metodólogo, metodóloga
- metodólogoTranslations
- metodólogaTranslations
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APA
methodologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodologist
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“methodologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodologist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “methodologist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodologist.
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