SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS
Course Code
Semester
Course Name
LE/RC/LA
Course Type
Language of Instruction
ECTS
BUSYL1004
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.
Prerequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
Corequisite(s)
Course Code Course Name…
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.)
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Kemal Özkan Yılmaz
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Wednesday, 19:00-21:50, Ataköy 3rd Floor B Corridor Room 1
Office Hour(s)
Dr. Kemal Özkan Yılmaz - BK B-8/4, Wednesday 12:00-14:00; Thursday 11:00-13:30; Online by Appointment
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
Final
Assessment and evaluation
16. Week
Final
Assessment and evaluation
17. Week
Final
Assessment and evaluation
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
40
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Students will gain the ability to apply, analyze and synthesize their mathematical and social knowledge to business problems.
PO-2
Will be able to apply and adapt basic information about other disciplines (economics, sociology, psychology, numerical sciences, etc.) that form the basis of business management and make creative evaluations by using this information in the field of business.
PO-3
Will have basic knowledge in the field of business functions and management (management, production, marketing, accounting, finance, HRM, behavior, etc.), will be able to criticize, interpret and adapt theoretical discussions covering the relations between actors and cultures in this field.
PO-4
Will be able to design, create and evaluate a process related to business functions at every stage in line with a defined goal.
PO-5
Will be able to define and evaluate activities and relationships in business-related fields; will be able to solve problems by defining, modeling and making comments, suggesting solutions and making necessary critical decisions. (critical thinking).
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.
