Research methods are the tools, techniques or processes that we use in our research. These might be surveys, interviews or participant observation. While methodology is the study of how research is done, how we find out about things, and how knowledge is gained. In other words, methodology is about the principles that guide our research practices. Methodology therefore explains why we’re using certain methods or tools in our research.

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The ICT research methodology is a set of general guidelines answering questions on how to use specific research methods with the use of ICT information technologies under certain conditions.