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| BTM4016 | Research Methods | 1+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hacer SAĞLAM | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Provide basic information for the research and surveys starting from finding the problems to the reporting phase by applying scientific rules. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | gain insight to evaluate various research types to develop their intellectual background by learning the importance of research in scientific and community life.
| 1,2,3,12,13,17,20 | 1,3 | | LO - 2 : | design experiments and surveys, and data collection techniques.
| 3,16,17,18,20 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | select research topics and prepare research proposal.
| 13,15,17,20 | 1,3 | | LO - 4 : | prepare tables and graphs,and develop their writing skills,
| 13,16,17,19,20 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | have background on implementation reporting and scientific writing of approved research projects.
| | 3 | | LO - 6 : | develop their abilities to criticise scientific papers and books using basic writing rules. | 13,17,20 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Research types and data collection techniques, experiment and survey, experiment design, bias and reduction methods, scientific research, preparation of the research proposals, sections of the research, final report, thesis and paper writing rules, tables, graphs, and footnotes, use of references, efficiency in scientific writing.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | İntroduction, what is the research, why is needed? Turkish society and research, definition.
| | | Week 2 | Research types, scientific and research.
| | | Week 3 | Designing principles of scientific research, statistical convenience.
| | | Week 4 | What are the sources of problems for research?
| | | Week 5 | What are the factors that affect success in the selection of research topic ?
| | | Week 6 | Preparation of research projects and sub sections.
| | | Week 7 | İmplementation of research, planning, data collecting and processing.
| | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam
| | | Week 9 | Writing principles of the research report, sections, demonstrate techniques and sources of content.
| | | Week 10 | References for research.
| | | Week 11 | Techiques for scientific papers | | | Week 12 | Article writing techniques.
| | | Week 13 | The use of the internet, and search engines.
| | | Week 14 | General discussion
| | | Week 15 | Article reading and outlining critisation
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam
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| 1 | Sayidoğlu, H. 2000. Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El kitabı. Kurtiş Matbaası. İstanbul. ISBN: 975-7516-09-0. | | | 2 | Day, R. A. 1996. Bilimsel Bir Makale Nasıl Hazırlanır ve Yayımlanır. Tübitak Yayınları. Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Düzgüneş, O., Er, C., Özkın, K. 1984. Araştırma ve Yayım İlkeleri. Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Yayınları. Yayın No:1. Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 13/04/2018 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 31/05/2018 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Total work load | | | 106 |
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