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{{DefinitionTheory|Term DefinedTopic=Method|Topic Theory Type=DefinitionalDefinition|Authors List=Hakob Barseghyan,
|Formulated Year=2015
|Formulation Text=A set of requirements for employment in theory assessment.
|Formulation File=Method (Barseghyan-2015).png
|Description=Any ''method'' is essentially a set of criteria which can become [[Employed Method|employed]] in theory evaluation. Different methods may have different Methods can be very general and apply to theories of a variety of types (e.g. ''the hypothetico-deductive method''), or very specific (e.g. ''the double-blind trial method'' of drug testing). [[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|pp. 4-5]]
Methods of theory evaluation should be differentiated from ''research techniques'', which are used in theory construction and data gathering.[[CiteRef::Barseghyan (2015)|p. 5]]
|Resource=Barseghyan (2015)
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|Page Status=Stub
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|Topic Type=Definitional
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{{Acceptance Record
|Community=Community:Scientonomy
|Accepted From Era=CE
|Accepted From Year=2016
|Accepted From Month=January
|Accepted From Day=1
|Accepted From Approximate=No
|Acceptance Indicators=The definition became ''de facto'' accepted by the community at that time together with the whole [[The Theory of Scientific Change|theory of scientific change]].
|Still Accepted=No
|Accepted Until Era=CE
|Accepted Until Year=2019
|Accepted Until Month=September
|Accepted Until Day=1
|Accepted Until Approximate=No
|Rejection Indicators=The definition became rejected as a result of the acceptance of the respective [[Modification:Sciento-2018-0005|suggested modification]].
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