metodoloogilist

Metodoloogiline is an Estonian adjective meaning related to methodology or the study of methods. The form metodoloogilist is the partitive singular inflection used when the noun it modifies is in partitive case, for example in phrases like metodoloogilist lähenemist, metodoloogilist analüüsi or metodoloogilise raamistikuga.

In academic and scientific writing, the term is used to describe aspects connected to research methods, design, and procedures. It covers how data are collected and analyzed, the justification of chosen methods, and the epistemological assumptions underlying a study. Metodoloogiline description can influence the interpretation of results, reproducibility, and the overall credibility of research.

Common collocations include metodoloogiline raamistik (methodological framework), metodoloogiline lähenemine (methodological approach), metodoloogilised kaalutlused (methodological considerations), and metodoloogilise kvaliteedi hindamine (assessment of methodological quality). The word appears across disciplines, from social and natural sciences to humanities, often paired with nouns denoting study design, data collection, analysis, and evaluation.

Etymologically, it derives from the noun metodologia (the science of methods) and the suffix -iline, forming a standard Estonian adjective. Metodoloogilist, as part of a larger noun phrase, does not denote a separate concept by itself but serves as the grammatical form marking methodological attributes within a sentence. In translation, it corresponds to the English ‘methodological’ or ‘method-related.’