I want to employ Iranian economists Darush Hayati and Bill Slee research work titled "Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Measurement of Rural Poverty: A case of Iran". I want to replicate the methodology that they have used for creating PMI (Poverty Measurement Index) which is a multidimensional index, to study the components multidimensional poverty in Darbhanga (Bihar). Mine will be a household level study as theirs and I want to go with certain region specific modifications, but the base will be the methodology that they have adopted. I will definitely give proper citation but I'm still skeptical about doing so as I don't want to commit any sort of plagiarism.
its not an issue as your target research area is different than that study and when you will calculate PMI then there may be possibility that you add some variable which is not used by that study or skip some of used variables. index base can be same
Dear Ms. Sukriti Jha, that it is perfectly ethical to use a methodology which has been used by any other researcher in your own work. Only you should give credit to the original author while describing your methodology. All of us actually do it at one place or the other. However, using the methodology without citing the reference or source should be considered unethical.
With proper citation we are always using/developing the methods developed by other researchers. I think researcher are always happy to share their ideas. If you use PMI developed by Hayati and Slee they will be credited too, but you must add appropriate citation.
The methodology can be replicated but at least the case or the period of time have to be different. However, there is always something to add or to modify for specification in any method.
If you have a research question and develop your own methodology still one needs to justificy why your methodology is better than existing methologies or needs to highlight that to the best of our knowledge there are no other approches so that is your contribution to knowledge. If you are a think tank, you can use the methodology of others with permision and replicate it without having to justify anything. If you are working on a research question and would like to use existing methodogies you need to find ways to either improve it or applying to different issues to be safe while giving credits to the original methodology and justify that way your contribution to knowledge.
There are usually ways to adjust existing methodologies and use them in a way that differenciate them from how they were originally used or intented, just one needs a little bit of creative thinking. You may find my paper on research methodology interesting and use it as food for thoughts:
Non-Traditional Research Methods and Regional Planning Needs in Developing Countries: Is there an Ideal Methodology?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26422725_Non-Traditional_Research_Methods_and_Regional_Planning_Needs_in_Developing_Countries_Is_there_an_Ideal_Methodology
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If you have a research question and develop your own methodology still one needs to justificy why your methodology is better than existing methologies or needs to highlight that to the best of our knowledge there are no other approches so that is your contribution to knowledge. If you are a think tank, you can use the methodology of others with permision and replicate it without having to justify anything. If you are working on a research question and would like to use existing methodogies you need to find ways to either improve it or applying to different issues to be safe while giving credits to the original methodology and justify that way your contribution to knowledge.
There are usually ways to adjust existing methodologies and use them in a way that differenciate them from how they were originally used or intented, just one needs a little bit of creative thinking. You may find my paper on research methodology interesting and use it as food for thoughts:
Non-Traditional Research Methods and Regional Planning Needs in Developing Countries: Is there an Ideal Methodology?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26422725_Non-Traditional_Research_Methods_and_Regional_Planning_Needs_in_Developing_Countries_Is_there_an_Ideal_Methodology
Article Non-Traditional Research Methods and Regional Planning Needs...
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.1989319
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