The course aims to develop scientific research skills of students, provide them with an understanding of written and visual data, enable them to convey their understanding through assignments. The course also aims to provide sudents with the basics of theoretical foundations of research methods within the realm of project management, as well as basic concepts, research techniques, research stages, basic of planning, data collection, data evaluation to enable the student to design and conduct independent reserach.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
Basic statistics and English would be useful
Instructor(s)
Professor Zeynep SÖZEN
Course Assistant(s)
None
Schedule
Ataköy Campus
Office Hour(s)
Ataköy Campus
Teaching Methods and Techniques
-Lecture, exercises, project
Principle Sources
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Kurtuluş, Kemal, Araştırma Yöntemleri, Türkmen Yayınları, İstanbul, 2010.
Beyhan, Karpuz, Araştırma Yöntem ve Stratejileri, Hiperlink Yay, İstanbul, 2009.
Gilbert, Nigel, From Postgraduate to Social Scientist, Sage, 2006.
Other Sources
-Remzi Y. Kıncal (Ed.), Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Ankara, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2010.
Ali Balcı, Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma, 7. Baskı, Ankara,Pegem Akademi Yayınları, 2009.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction to research methods
Lecture
2. Week
Quantitative and qualitative research
Lecture
3. Week
Parametric and non-parametric techniques
Lecture
4. Week
Planning a research project; formulation of hypotheses
Lecture, exercises
5. Week
The relationship between research design and hypotheses
Lecture, exercises
6. Week
Questionnaire design
Lecture, exercises
7. Week
Data collection/ Parametric techniques: the t-test
Lecture, exercises
8. Week
Data collection/ Parametric techniques::Pearson correlation analysis
Lecture, exercises
9. Week
Midterm exam
10. Week
Data collection/ Parametric techniques: regression analysis
Lecture,exercises
11. Week
Data collection/ Parametric techniques:analysis of variance
Lecture,exercises
12. Week
Data collection/ Non-parametric techniques: the Mann Whitney U test
Lecture,exercises
13. Week
Data collection/ Non-parametric techniques.Spearman's rho, Point biserial correlation and Kendall's tau
Lecture,exercises
14. Week
Summarizing findingsand interpretation
Lecture,exercises
15. Week
Converting findings into a scientific article or report
Lecture,exercises
16. Week
Referencing and citation principles
Lecture,exercises
17. Week
Presentation
Presentation
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
15
Project(s)
1
15
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
- Develop and deepen the current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research and come up with innovative definitions based on Master's degree qualifications.
PO-2
Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related with ; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency on analysis, synthesis and assessment of new and complex ideas.
PO-3
Evaluate and use new information within the field in a systematic approach.
PO-4
Develop an innovative knowledge, method, design and/or practice or adapt an already known knowledge, method, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject.
PO-5
Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas.
PO-6
Gain advanced level skills in the use of research methods in the field of study.
PO-7
Contribute the progression in the field by producing an innovative idea, skill, design and/or practice or by adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently.
PO-8
Broaden the borders of the knowledge in the field by producing or interpreting an original work or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals.
PO-9
Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving.
PO-10
Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
PO-11
Investigate and improve social connections and their conducting norms and manage the actions to change them when necessary.
PO-12
Defend original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively by showing competence in the field.
PO-13
Ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written and visually with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level.
PO-14
Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and its sustainability process by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements.
PO-15
Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making processes in solving problems encountered in the field.
PO-16
Contribute to the solution finding process regarding social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of these values.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Be able to design a research
LO-2
Be able to design a questionnaire
LO-3
Be able to convert research into a scientific article or report
LO-4
Be able to cite correctly and to reach sources
LO-5
Be able to interpret quantitative and qualitative data hrough the aid of a computer
LO-6
Gain an understanding of what is research and the importance of research
LO-7
Gain an undertanding of what a hypothesis is; be able to formulate a hypothesis
LO-8
Be able to collect data to test a hypothesis
LO-9
Be able to test a hypothesis with a suitable technique
