The phrase 'methodological shortcomings in' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to flaws or weaknesses in certain methods or approaches. For example, you could write: "This study has several methodological shortcomings in its approach to data analysis."
Also, potential methodological shortcomings in prior studies have led to questions about the veracity of the ultrafiltration rate−mortality association.
This paper takes Bourdieu's account of the working-class choice of the necessary as a strategic route into a set of theoretical and methodological shortcomings in his interpretation of the relations between class and culture.
Previous studies analysing relationships between herbicide use intensity, weeds and yield loss suffer from methodological shortcomings in terms of weed flora and farm diversity as well as temporal scales.
Additionally – yesterday Tom Philpott of Mother Jones magazine wrote a very good, yet concise, piece that helped illuminate some of the critical methodological shortcomings in the Stanford study, and how they seemed to have misrepresented (or poorly described) the actual findings.
The majority of studies included in that review showed several methodological shortcomings in not fulfilling the ICHD II criteria and standardization of PPT measurements.
The purpose of this review is to describe the published clinical trials and their associated methodological shortcomings in their comparison of CI and IB administration in hospitalized patients.
Thirdly, the comparison with functionalism in other disciplines enables us to see what is special about functionalism in comparative law, and why what would in other disciplines rightly be regarded as methodological shortcomings may in fact be fruitful for comparative law.
Several of the methodological shortcomings observed in the studies reviewed here could be improved upon in future research.
First, that methodological shortcomings found in previous research are responsible for the inconsistencies.
There were significant methodological shortcomings noted in most studies.
Future research should address the methodological shortcomings identified in this review before appropriate policy interventions can be developed.
