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

: Acceptance Sampling -- 11. Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling -- 12. MRP and ERP -- 13. Inventory

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

: Data gathering methods -- 9. Sampling -- 10. Surveys and questionnaires -- 11. Interviews and focus

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

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

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

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

questionnaires -- Sampling -- Statistical analysis I: Descriptive statistics -- Statistical analysis II

-- Data collection: sampling, measuring, questioning and observing -- Procedures followed when applying a

-- Sampling and fieldwork -- Data preparation and data analysis -- Reporting research results.