literature review -- Conceptualisation -- Constructing arguments in research -- Sampling -- Quantitative data

-- Quantitative research methodology: sampling messages and people -- Quantitative research methodology: survey

-- Conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement -- Indexes, scales, and typologies -- The logic of sampling

literature review -- Conceptualisation -- Constructing arguments in research -- Sampling -- Quantitative data

-- The concept of sampling -- Sampling terminology -- Principles of sampling -- Factors affecting the

reading -- 5.Sampling distributions and estimating -- Overview -- Learning objectives -- 5.1.Introduction

-- Quantitative data-collection methods: indexes and scales -- Sampling in the quantitative paradigm -- The pilot

-- Basic probability -- Probability distributions -- Introduction to sampling distributions -- Confidence

sampling -- Qualitative research design and methodology -- Quantitative research design and methodology