1.Introduction
    
     Trend, according to the oxford dictionary, 
     refers to a general direction in which 
     something is developing or changing.
    
     Report means to give a spoken or written 
     account of something that one has 
     observed, heard, done, or investigated. 
    Thus, by, Trend Report of Research 
     Methodology, we mean the direction in 
     which research methodology is going i.e 
     types of research methods, techniques for 
     data collection, and its analysis.
    2.Purpose and Scope
       Triloki Nath Madan, commonly, T. N. Madan, 
     an anthropologist in his trend report, 
     covering the period from 1950 to 1970  
     on Research Methodology, covers  three 
     major aspects of methodology :
    
     The Problems of scientific methods such 
     as objectivity, experiment, and prediction.
    
     The Techniques of Data Collection
    
     Concepts and Procedures employed in 
     analyzing data.
     3.Three Definitions of Research 
     methodology
     TN Madan points to three different meanings
     attached to Research Methodology.These are:-
     
      The methodology may refer to theoretical discussions 
      of nature and conduct  of social research, for 
      instance, the meaning of scope, nature, and scope of 
      objectivity, experiment, prediction, laws in social 
      science.
     
      In a narrow sense, it refers to methods, techniques or 
      tools employed for the collection and processing of 
      data
     
      The methodology is also used to designate the 
      concepts and procedures employed in the analysis of 
      data to arrive at conclusions.
    Trend Report
    As we have discussed earlier, this trend 
     report can
    be divided into three parts as follows:-
    
     Part : I Methodology-Basic 
     Consideration
    
     Part-II : Techniques of Data Collection 
     and analysis
    
     Part : III- Research Techniques in Use
     Part : I Methodology-Basic 
     Consideration
     TN Madan tries to survey the various researches dealingwith 
      the “problems of methodology” such as :
     
      Radhakamal Mukerjee (1960) in “The Philosophy of 
      Social Science advancing triangular interaction with 
      multidimensional analysis for sociology.
     
      DP Mukerji(1955) emphasized “ Holism “ and “ 
      contextualization “ as the cardinal principles of sociologist 
      method.
     
      AK Saran neither attempts for “synthesis” nor positivistic 
      sociology, instead he argues for study of tradition.
     
      Louis Dumont along with other scholars such as GS 
      Ghurye, Irawati Karwe and KM Kapadia have proposed 
      for Indological approach and literature for Indian Sociology.