Course Objectives: |
Introduction to the process of conducting research; steps in the process of research; identifying a hypothesis and research problem; creating research questions; reviewing literature; ethics of research; qualitative research: essence of qualitative data, sampling, collection techniques; interpreting qualitative data: qualitative data analysis procedures, coding, thematic development; quantitative research: essence of quantitative data, collection and analysis techniques, sampling, data collection instruments; applied statistics: identifying the dependent and independent variables, confidence levels; descriptive statistics; inferential statistics: drawing inference from data, modeling assumptions, identifying patterns, data analysis; regression analysis; SPSS application; APA writing styles, taxonomy of research, research project presentation. |
Course Content: |
Introduction to the process of conducting research; steps in the process of research; identifying a hypothesis and research problem; creating research questions; reviewing literature; ethics of research; qualitative research: essence of qualitative data, sampling, collection techniques; interpreting qualitative data: qualitative data analysis procedures, coding, thematic development; quantitative research: essence of quantitative data, collection and analysis techniques, sampling, data collection instruments; applied statistics: identifying the dependent and independent variables, confidence levels; descriptive statistics; inferential statistics: drawing inference from data, modeling assumptions, identifying patterns, data analysis; regression analysis; SPSS application; APA writing styles, taxonomy of research, research project presentation. |
Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
• Explanation of the content of the course.
• Introduction to research management process.
• Stages of research.
• Course overview.
• Introduction to research management process.
• Stages of research. |
No |
2) |
• Determining the research question and hypothesis.
• Creating research questions.
• Determining the research question and hypothesis.
• Creating research questions. |
No |
3) |
• Literature review.
• Ethics in research.
• Literature review.
• Ethics in research. |
No |
4) |
• Qualitative research: the basis of qualitative data, sampling, data collection techniques.
• Qualitative research: the basis of qualitative data, sampling, data collection techniques. |
No |
5) |
• Interpreting qualitative data: qualitative data analysis methods.
• Interpreting qualitative data: qualitative data analysis methods. |
No |
6) |
• Interpreting qualitative data: qualitative data analysis methods, coding, theme development. |
No |
7) |
Midterm |
No |
8) |
• Quantitative research: the basis of quantitative research, data collection and analysis techniques, sampling, data collection tools. |
No |
9) |
• Applied statistics: determination of dependent and independent variables, confidence interval |
No |
10) |
• Descriptive statistics. |
No |
11) |
• Descriptive statistics; inferential statistics: making inference from data, modeling assumptions, data analysis. |
No |
12) |
• SPSS application. |
No |
13) |
• APA spelling rules.
• Research taxonomy.
• Presentation of research project. |
No |
14) |
• Presentation of research project. |
No |
15) |
Final Exam |
No |