SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS
Course Code
Semester
Course Name
LE/RC/LA
Course Type
Language of Instruction
ECTS
IEF1002
1
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS
3/0/0
CC
ENGLISH
6
Course Goals
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. Besides all of these goals,this course aims to closely approach the scientific research process ranging from designing aresearch proposal to conducting the field work and to transfering course experiences to students' theses.
1. W. Lawrence Neuman (2014) “Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches”. Pearson New International Edition (7th ed.). Pearson.
2. Uma Sekaran and Roger Bougie (2016) “Research Methods for Business: A Skill Building Approach” (7th ed.) 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.
4. Hair Jr, J. F., Page, M., & Brunsveld, N. (2019). Essentials of business research methods. Routledge.
Other Sources
1- Scientific articles based on each week's topic.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction and orientation to the course
Lecture and Discussion
2. Week
Why do we need a research?
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
3. Week
What are the major types of social research?
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
4. Week
Theory and Research
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
5. Week
What is the meaning of literature? How to approach literature review?
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion.
6. Week
Strategies and elements of research design: How to design a research?
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion.
7. Week
Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
8. Week
Midterm exam break
Midterm exam break
9. Week
Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
10. Week
Data collection and Data Analysis
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
11. Week
Principles of scientific research proposal
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
12. Week
Designing project/thesis proposal and important notes
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
13. Week
Presentations
Presentation and discussion
14. Week
Presentations
Presentation and discussion
15. Week
Presentations
Assessment and evaluation
16. Week
Presentations
Assessment and evaluation
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
40
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
A student who successfully completes the program will be able
To expand and deepen his/her international economics and finance knowledge at the level of expertise with the undergraduate qualifications he/she has acquired and to follow current issues.
PO-2
To use the knowledge gained in the field theoretically and practically.
PO-3
To evaluate information regarding the fields of International Economics and Finance from a critical perspective and to work independently in these fields.
PO-4
To understand the interaction between different disciplines related to the fields of International Economics and Finance, to make connections and to use them in academic studies.
PO-5
To have sufficient social responsibility and awareness about social needs, to have the experience and ability to organize activities that can affect social dynamics.
PO-6
To gain model development, technical analysis and policy making skills in the field of economics and finance.
PO-7
To independently comprehend and evaluate any event or problem in his/her field and produce solutions to the problems that arise.
PO-8
To evaluate the problems related to the field analytically and to suggest economic and financial policies suitable for solving the problems.
PO-9
To have the ability to adapt the theoretical knowledge acquired to working life.
PO-10
To develop original approaches and to take responsibility in extraordinary situations encountered in his/her field.
PO-11
To act in accordance with social, rational, scientific and ethical values during the collection, interpretation and announcement of data related to the field of International Economics and Finance and to carry out the thesis within the framework of these principles.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Will be able to understand why there is a need to do a research.
LO-2
Will be able to identify circumstances in which research is necessary or valuable.
LO-3
Will be able to prepare a structured and comprehensible research proposal based on research interest.
LO-4
Will be able to frame several research questions and generate hypotheses.
LO-5
Will be able to determine distinguishing characteristics of qualitative and quantitative researches.
LO-6
Will be able to select and apply appropriate research design based on the Research Question(s).
LO-7
Will be able to decide an appropriate data analysis technique, conduct the analysis and interpret the results.
LO-8
Will be able to decide an appropriate data analysis technique, conduct the analysis and interpret the results.
LO-9
Will be able to learn how to represent the results both in textual and verbal (spoken) form.
LO-10
Will be able to critically evaluate other researches reported by other people.
