| Course Objectives: |
With this course, students comprehend the concepts of science, scientificity, ethics and research. They learn and apply scientific research methods and techniques. They form a scientific research text in stages and learn to test its validity, reliability and significance level. |
| Course Content: |
Introduction to research methods; Academic research methods (survey, correlational, causal-comparison, experimental, case-study, action, phenomenon-science, ethnography, theory formation etc.); The stages of the research; Research problem and subject; Hypothesis determination; Literature scanning; Ethics and plagiarism in research; Thesis, Project, Article and Paper writing rules, APA, IEEE writing rules; Universe - Sampling; Data analysis methods, variable (dependent and independent variables) determination; Measurement, Scales; Validity and Reliability, Correlation coefficient, Reliability coefficient, Cronbach Alpha, Descriptive statistics; Inferential statistics; Hypothesis - Significance Tests, T-test, F-test (ANOVA) |
| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to research methods |
Source Books and Documents |
| 2) |
Knowledge, Science and Scientific Method |
Source Books and Documents |
| 3) |
Basic Concepts Used in Scientific Research (Assumption, Proposition, Hypothesis, Theory) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 4) |
Classification of Research (Quantitative, Qualitative); Quantitative Research (Survey, Correlational, Causal-Comparison, Experimental, Single Subject) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 5) |
Qualitative Research (Content Analysis, Case Study, Action Research, phenomenon-science) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 6) |
Defining Research Subject (Problem), Purpose, Literature Review, Importance, Limitations, Definitions |
Source Books and Documents |
| 7) |
Ethics in Science; Plagiarism; Literature Search According to Ethics in Science; Thesis, Project, Article and Paper writing rules; APA, IEEE spelling rules |
Source Books and Documents |
| 8) |
Mid-Term Exam |
none |
| 9) |
Variables, Universe, Sampling and Sampling Methods (random and non-random sampling, sample size) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 10) |
Data Collection (Measurement, Scales, Survey), Validity, Reliability (Correlation Coefficient), Standard Deviation, Variance, Reliability Coefficient |
Source Books and Documents |
| 11) |
Item Analysis (Cronbach Alpha), Hypothesis - Significance Tests (Parametric - Nonparametric) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 12) |
Hypothesis - Significance Tests (Parametric) - T Test (Student Test) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 13) |
Hypothesis - Significance Tests (Parametric) - Anova Test ( Variance Test - F Test) |
Source Books and Documents |
| 14) |
Reporting (Article Types, Sections of the Report, Use of Bibliography) |
Source Books and Documents |
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