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Methodology is is the study of methods, I think you are referring rather, to the use of methods.

To quote from Patrick Dunleavy's book Authoring a PhD, Cht 5 - Writing Clearly, page 117:
"Many people routinely substitute longer noun forms of words where they could use short verb forms. They choose complex forms of words which sound more abstruse, for very little reason. For instance, 'methodology' means the science or study of methods, but many use it just to replace 'method' itself, because it seems to give a more 'professional' feel to do so."