Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
STV2152014172RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCESCompulsory234
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The main objective of this course is that students will be taught concepts such as data collection, data processing, data display, average, paradigm theory, hypothesis theory.
Name of Lecturer(s)
DOÇ.DR. ŞERMİN TAĞ KALAFATOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1Students can acquire basic concepts of research techniques.
2Students can comprehend characteristics of research techniques.
3Students can comprehend process of data analysis.
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Teaching data collection techniques by SPSS program.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Research and Classification
2Definition of data and its types
3Data collection methods
4Survey
5Techniques of preparing questions and types of questions
6Forming the survey
7Population and Paradigm
8Midterm
9Types of paradigm
10Variant and its types
11Statistics and parameter
12Definitive Statistics
13Frequency Polygon
14Forming crosstabs
15Preparation of Research Report
16Final
Recommended or Required Reading
Büyüköztürk Şener, Veri Analizi El Kitabı, Pegem Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2007 Tekin, Vasfi, N., SPSS Uygulamalı İstatistik, Seçkin Yayınları, Ankara, 2006
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
SUM0
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Report Preparation11616
Report Presentation32060
Project Preparation22040
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PO
1
PO
2
PO
3
PO
4
PO
5
PO
6
PO
7
PO
8
PO
9
PO
10
PO
11
LO13          
LO2 5         
LO3  4        
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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