This course will introduce the students basic concepts and relevant methods for conducting a research in Social Sciences. The ultimate aim of this course is to develop analytical and critical thinking of students; at the same time to provide them an opportunity for reasoning on real matters especially in daily business life. Furthermore, developing the skills of questioning, understanding, diagnosing, thinking, expressing (both verbally and in a written from) are another objective of this course.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
1. W. Lawrence Neuman (2014) “Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches”.Pearson New International Edition (7th ed.). Pearson.
Other Sources
2. Uma Sekaran and Roger Bougie (2016) “Research Methods for Business: A Skill Building Approach” (7thed.) Wiley. ISBN: 9781119165552 (pbk) ISBN: 9781119266846 (ebk)
3. William G. Zikmund, Barry J. Babin, Jon C. Carr and Mitch Griffin (2012) “Business Research Methods”.(9th ed.) South-Western Cengage Learning.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction and orientation to the course.
Lecturing and discussion.
2. Week
Why do need a research?
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
3. Week
What are the major types of social research?
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
4. Week
Theory and Social Research
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
5. Week
What is the meaning of literature?
How to approach to literature review?
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
6. Week
Strategies of Research Design: How to design a research and what are the elements of research design?
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
7. Week
Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
8. Week
Midterm Exam
CATS based EXAM
9. Week
Midterm Exam
CATS based EXAM
10. Week
Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
11. Week
Data Collection Methods: Observation, Administrat
ng questionnaires, experimental designs.
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
12. Week
Main principles designing a research proposal and writing a research report
Lecturing, presentation, reading and discussion.
13. Week
Student Research Proposal Presentations
Presentation and discussion.
14. Week
Student Research Proposal Presentations
Presentation and discussion.
15. Week
Final Exam
Assessment and evaluation
16. Week
Final Exam
Assessment and evaluation
17. Week
Final Exam
Assessment and evaluation
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Quizzes
1
10
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Attendance
14
10
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Comprehends both theoretical and applied subjects in international trade at the advanced level, and uses his/her knowledge when necessary.
PO-2
Analyses basic concepts and data related to International Trade and Economics by scientific methods, interprets those with analytically, and evaluates those with regard to economic issues.
PO-3
Express his/her thoughts, comments and evaluations related to International Trade discipline both in written and oral forms.
PO-4
Defines current problems, and proposes solutions which are supported by evidence and research based quantitative and qualitative data.
PO-5
Inspects how public and private sector enterprises engaged in trade activities operates in practice, and evaluates the continuities and the dynamism in these sectors.
PO-6
Defines and tracks local, regional (such as European Union or Middle East) and global issues from the point of political economics, and relates these issues to each other.
PO-7
Possesses sufficient knowledge in other disciplines related to International Trade (such as Economics, Finance, International Business and Law), and reports this information.
PO-8
Follows publications and research in International Trade, Globalisation and Financial Systems in the English language, and communicates with his/her colleagues internationally.
PO-9
Uses a second language (Russian, Chinese, etc.) at the intermediate level.
PO-10
Possesses ethical principles and scientific values in collection, interpretation and release of data.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Learn how to represent the results both in textual and verbal (spoken) form.
LO-2
Critically evaluate other research designs.
LO-3
Understand why there is a need to do a research.
LO-4
Identify circumstances in which research is necessary or valuable.
LO-5
Prepare a structured and comprehensible research proposal based on research interest.
LO-6
Frame several research questions and generate hypotheses.
LO-7
Determine distinguishing characteristics of qualitative and quantitative researches.
LO-8
Able to select and apply appropriate research design based on the Research Question(s).
LO-9
Decide an appropriate data analysis technique, conduct the analysis and interpret the results.
