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
Exam
9. Week
Midterm exam
Exam
10. Week
Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
11. Week
Data collection and Data Analysis
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
12. Week
Principles of scientific research proposal
Lecture, presentation, reading and discussion
13. Week
Designing project/thesis proposal and important notes
Discussion
14. Week
Students presentations on research proposals
Presentation and discussion
15. Week
Presentations
Assessment and evaluation
16. Week
Presentations
Assessment and evaluation
17. Week
Final
Assessment and evaluation
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
0
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
55
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Extend and deepen the international economics and finance knowledge acquired at the level of expertise.
PO-2
Be able to use the knowledge gained in the field of International Economics and Finance theoretically and practically.
PO-3
Evaluate the information on International Economics and Finance from a critical perspective and study independently.
PO-4
Understand and examine the interaction between different disciplines and fields related to International Economics and Finance.
PO-5
Have sufficient social responsibility and awareness about social needs and gain the experience and competence to organize activities that may affect social dynamics when necessary.
PO-6
Gain skills in model development, technical analysis and policy making in the field of economics and finance.
PO-7
Understand and evaluate any problem in the field of International Economics and Finance independently, generate solutions to these problems.
PO-8
Analyze the problems related to the field of International Economics and Finance analytically, propose economic and financial policies suitable for the solution of the problems.
PO-9
Adapt the theoretical knowledge to the professional business career.
PO-10
Develop original approaches and take responsibility in critical situations encountered in the fields of International Economics and Finance.
PO-11
In the process of collecting, interpreting and announcing the data related to the field of International Economics and Finance, be able to supervise and transfer them by considering social, rational, scientific and ethical values.
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.