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CEK3006SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODS3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face, Lab work
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDr. Öğr. Üyesi Hasan Çebi BAL
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The aims of this course is to inform scientific research methods and is to teach prepare and evaluation of scientific researches.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : define basic concepts of scientific researches1,2,3,4,5
LO - 2 : lain stages of the research1,2,3,4,5
LO - 3 : ch scientific research1,2,3,4,5
LO - 4 : ate stages of scientific methods1,3,4,5
LO - 5 : design a scientific research1,2,3,4,5
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Classification of sciences and social sciences, scientific thought methods, research and data set techniques, process of scientific research, research project, source compilation from libraries, text figure coverage in literature, literature citing and typing footnotes, editing tables and figures, efficiency in scientific editing, computer facilities in research.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1The types of knowledge;The relation between science and other types of knowledge
 Week 2Pozitivism and Its Critique;Popper and falsificationism
 Week 3Paradigm, Science and Society
 Week 4Emergence and Development of Social Sciences; the pozitivist and post-pozitivist approaches in social sciences
 Week 5Theory and Hypotesis, Induction and Deduction
 Week 6How to prepare a research proposal?
 Week 7Determining of the research limitations;searching for resources
 Week 8Description of sampling, its types and techniques;reliability and validity in a research;scales
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10A general look at qualitative and quantitative data collection;survey techniques;the advantages and disadvantages of survey techniques; the evaluation of surveys and their interpretation.
 Week 11Interview technique,Observation
 Week 12Designing and Conducting Case Study
 Week 13Content Analysis
 Week 14Discourse Analysis
 Week 15Evaluation of course projects
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Altunışık R. ve diğerleri, (2010), Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri SPSS Uygulamalı, Sakarya Yayıncılık, 6. Baskı, Sakarya.
2Dinler, Z., (2012), Bilimsel Araştırma ve e-Kaynaklar, Ekin Basım Yayın Dağıtım, 7. Baskı, Bursa.
 
Recommended Reading
1Seyidoğlu, H., (2009), Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı, Güzem Can Yayınları, 10. Baskı, İstanbul.
2Karpuz, B., (2009), Araştırma Yöntem ve Stratejileri, Hiperlink Yayınları, 1. Baskı, İstanbul.
3Arıkan R., (2011), Araştırma Yöntem ve Teknikleri, Nobel Yayınları, 1. Baskı, Ankara.
4Arlı M., Nazik H., (2010), Bilimsel Araştırmaya Giriş, Gazi Kitabevi, 4. Baskı, Ankara.
5Karasar, N., (2012), Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi, Nobel Yayınları, 23. Baskı, Ankara.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 50
End-of-term exam 16 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term