COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION ETHICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graduate School of Social Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERDAR NART

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
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ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE
Accounting and Finance (English)
Management Information Systems
International Relations (English)
Human Rights Law
Business Information Systems (English)
Business Administration (English)
Climate Change and Sustainability
GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING
Economics (English)
International Business Administration
Management Science
Clinical Psychology
Quantitative Methods
Philosophy
Museology
Islamic History and Arts
Foreign Trade (English)
Philosophy and Religious Sciences
Turkish Language and Literature
Private Law
Econometrics
ARABIC LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC
History
PSYCHOLOGY
Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
Public Finance
Fiscal Law
Human Resources
Strategic Research
DATA MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS
Electronic Trade
Finance
Maritime Security, Safety and Environmental Management
History of The Turkish Republic
Public Law
Economics
Women's Studies
Quality Management
Sociology
Disaster Administration
Production Management and Industrial Business Administration
Marine Tourism
European Union
Hermeneutics
Research-Development and Innovation Management
General Linguistics
ARCHAEOLOGY
Spiritual Counseling and Guidance
Financial Economics and Banking
Hospital and Healtcare Organizations Management
Forensic Linguistic and Communication Sciences
Management and Organization
ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING
European Union Law
Public Administration
Logistics Management
Master of Finance
Medical Law
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Conflict Resolution (English)
Marketing Management
Comparative Literature
Maritime Business Administration
Religious Tourism
Tourism Management
American Culture and Literature
Accounting

Course Objective

Understanding the conceptual and theoretical framework of scientific research, gaining knowledge on research methods and insight on the importance of scientific publication ethics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the importance of scientific research and scientific thought
2   Learning the methods of accessing and reviewing information
3   Learning the quantitative research methods and using them in accordance with the research aim
4   Learning the qualitative research methods and using them in accordance with the research aim
5   Analyzing, interpreting, presenting and applying the collected data
6   Explaining the importance of scientific research ethics
7   Understanding and applying the ethical rules of scientific publication process

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of science, scientific thought and scientific research
2 Research Review and Design Process 1: Choice of topic, accessing literature and concerning information
3 Research Review and Design Process 2: The classification of the information, the theoretical background and preparing the outline
4 The choice of methodology (The presentation and comparison of qualitative, quantitative and field-specific research methods)
5 Data collection in quantitative research
6 Data analysis in quantitative research 1
7 Data analysis in quantitative research 2
8 Evaluation and presentation of the results of quantitative research
9 Qualitative research methods 1 (Choice of research design)
10 Qualitative research methods 2 (Choice of research design)
11 Data collection in qualitative research
12 Data analysis, Evaluation and presentation of the results of quantitative research
13 Thesis/project writing rules and publication ethics
14 Directives on publication ethics, rule violations and control

Recomended or Required Reading

Ferhat Sayım, Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma ve Tez Yazım Yöntemleri, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2015.
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, Bilimsel Araştırmada Etik ve Sorunları, Tübitak Matbaası, Ankara, 2002.
Anol Bhattacherjee, Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices, Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is aimed that the students will get involved in the course by active participation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Reading 1 14 14
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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