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| Year/Semester of Study | 2 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | ECONOMICS | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | SELİN ZENGİN TAŞDEMİR (szengin@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | SELİN ZENGİN TAŞDEMİR, | ||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| Introducing knowledge, science, and scientific knowledge. Determining the difference between scientific knowledge and other kinds of knowledge. Examining positivist and post-positivist approaches. Determining the subject of a thesis, methods of quotation and footnote, knowledge on what the requirements of order are might be in a thesis. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | can define scientific knowledge. |
PO-12 know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can summarize different approaches to the science. |
PO-12 know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can choose the appropriate choice in terms of research interest. |
PO-12 know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research. |
Examination |
| LO-4 | can do the accurate quotations. |
PO-12 know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research. |
Examination |
| LO-5 | can write papers having the appropriate scientific conditions. |
PO-12 know the stages that need to apply in a research and do research. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Knowledge, kinds of knowledge, science, philosophy of science, positivist and post-positivist approaches, phases of a scientific research, chapters of research, orders of writing, quotations, methods of footnote, organizing the bibliography. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Design | Lecturing and discussion |
| 2 | Assumptions and variables | Lecturing and discussion |
| 3 | Sampling | Lecturing and discussion |
| 4 | Data sources | Lecturing and discussion |
| 5 | Data mining | Lecturing and discussion |
| 6 | Indirect observations | Lecturing and discussion |
| 7 | Direct observations | Lecturing and discussion |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Questionaire | Lecturing and discussion |
| 10 | Analysis | Lecturing and discussion |
| 11 | Measures of Central Tendency | Lecturing and discussion |
| 12 | Factor analysis | Lecturing and discussion |
| 13 | Regression analysis | Lecturing and discussion |
| 14 | Writing the research | Lecturing and discussion |
| 15 | Representing the findings | Lecturing and discussion |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Gürbüz, Sait, and Faruk Şahin. "Sosyal bilimlerde araştırma yöntemleri." Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık 271 (2014). | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Book and articles | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 60 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 103 | ||