methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: quantitative research methods

manufacturing and operations
type: Concept
narrower: quantitative research methods

quantitative research methods
type: Concept
broader: research methodology
broader: manufacturing and operations
definition: Quantitative research is a field of inquiry that emphasizes numbers, is often deductive in nature, concentrates on hypotheses testing, and aims to uncover causal connections between different phenomena as well as to make generalizations. Quantitative research is often associated with a positivist paradigm. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Research Methods: Quantitative]

research methodology
type: Concept
narrower: quantitative research methods