COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH PROJECT II*

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 4046 RESEARCH PROJECT II* ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ABBAS TÜRNÜKLÜ

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to help students perform a scientific study for a research question under supervision of a faculty member (i.e., advisor) by collecting data, making necessary statistical analyses, intetpretating findings in line with current relevant literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to collect data in line with determined research design and measurement tools
2   Able to transfer data to computer
3   Able to make necessary statistical analyses
4   Able to interpret statistical findings and to write appropriately
5   Able to discuss similarities and differences with other relevant liteature findings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course, content, requisites
2 Review of data collection method
3 Administration of data collection
4 Transfer of data to computer and relevant software programs
5 Data cleaning and making descriptive analyses
6 Writing prileminary data characteristics and reviosion of method section
7 Review of written section
8 Performing main statistical analyses and interpreting
9 Performing main statistical analyses and interpreting
10 Writing results section of paper
11 Comparsion of current findings with literature
12 Comparsion of current findings with literature
13 Determination of researc limitations,implications and suggestions for future studies
14 Completion and review of research paper in different sections

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Question-answer
Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-3: will be examined via midterm exam
LO4-5: will be examined via final exam

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

abbast.turnuklu@deu.edu.tr
orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr
esin.yilmaz@deu.edu.tr
inci.boyacioglu@deu.edu.tr
serap.akfirat@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 14:30-15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Practice (Reflection) 14 6 84
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155554
LO.25555544
LO.35555
LO.455554
LO.5555