A fondness for big words isn’t always accompanied by the knowledge of their proper use. Methodology is about the methods of doing something; it is not the methods themselves. It is both pretentious and erroneous to write “The architect is trying to determine a methodology for reinforcing the foundation now that the hotel on top of it has begun to sink.”

Brians, P. (n.d.). Common Errors in English Usage. Retrieved November 19, 2012, from http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/methodology.html