2. a manner or mode of procedure, esp. an orderly, logical, or systematic way of instruction, inquiry, investigation, experiment, presentation, etc.: the empirical method of inquiry.

3. order or system in doing anything: to work with method.

4. orderly or systematic arrangement, sequence, or the like. ”

The suffix ology usually means the study of the root word.

Methodology=A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods: the methodology of genetic studies; a poll marred by faulty methodology.

The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.

The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.

Usage Problem Means, technique, or procedure; method.