The phrase "aims and methods" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the objectives and approaches taken in a particular study, project, or plan.
Example: "The research paper outlines the aims and methods used to investigate the effects of climate change on local ecosystems."
Alternatives: "goals and techniques" or "objectives and approaches".
Their aims and methods are horrific, but you cannot deny these men and women their ideology.
All over the Islamic world, populations' support for extremist groups plunged as violence from Morocco to Indonesia made the terrible reality of their aims and methods brutally obvious.
He thinks his gangland foes are undermining him, but no, it's the IRA, a political/ideological force whose aims and methods the proto-Thatcherite Harold will never understand.
In a follow-up post, Kenny crystallizes the issue of Swanberg's rejection of technical fine points in a superb, fascinating, and crucial question: Do I believe that Swanberg's aims and methods in the here and now have much to do with Godard's aims and methods in the early '60s?
In his review of my "Borges: A Life" (Nov. 7), David Foster Wallace gets up to the usual mischief of the dishonest reviewer -- quoting out of context, twisting and trivializing statements and grossly misrepresenting my aims and methods.
Now, although I still have serious doubts about his aims and methods, I also have more sympathy for a man doing his best to protect his little girl and help her on her way into the world.
The first two books, in effect, provide a definition of the aims and methods of geography by criticizing earlier works and authors.
In foreign policy, the Union is divided, with Britain supporting George Bush over Iraq, while France, Germany and others question American aims and methods.
Throughout the recent upheaval, Mr. Erdogan's behavior has given new fuel to already-simmering questions about his aims and methods — whether he has turned more autocrat than democrat, or at the least whether a deft politician has fallen into overconfidence.
Look, for example, at the personally courageous stance of Hamza Yusuf, an American-born scholar with a wide following in the Islamic heart-land, in denunciation of Islamic State, its aims and methods.
Throughout the recent upheaval, Mr. Erdogan's behavior has given new fuel to already-simmering questions about his aims and methods — whether he has turned more autocrat then democrat, or at the least whether a deft politician has fallen into overconfidence.
