| TNG042 |
Scientific Methodology in Logistics, 2 ECTS credits.
/Vetenskaplig metodik inom logistik/
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SL
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 16
Rec. self-study hours: 37
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Area of Education: Humanities
Main field of studies: Other subjects
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
After the course should the student be able to:
describe and understand main concepts and methods for scientific work
understand qualitative and quantitative methods and when they are suitable
to critize scientific work
to find and critically evaluate different information sources
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The course will be through lectures. The course should be taken in conjunction with the bachelor thesis - preferably as an introduction to the project. The examination assignment should preferably cover the methodology chapter of the bachelor thesis and thus the bachelor thesis should be identified as early as possible into the course.
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Course contents:
The lectures will among other things cover:
Scientific approach, source criticism, reporting structure.
Literature studies and frame of reference
Case study methods
Simulation methods
Optimization methods
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Course literature:
Suitable books and journal papers to read are presented in relation to the lectures.
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Examination: |
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Assignments
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2 ECTS
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Grades are given as �?TFail�?T or �?TPass�?T. |
Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Erik Bergfeldt
Examiner: Anna Fredriksson
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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