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| ISL5015 | Research Methodology -I | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It is aimed to teach the scientific approach and scientific research process in business science researches. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Define purpose of scientific research. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | Explain the stages of scientific research process. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | Determine the ethical and non-ethical behaviors in scientific research process. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | Evaluate the scientific research process. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | Arrange the scientific research report. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | 1,3 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Science ethics, scientific research process, hypothesis set-up, data collecting strategies, data sources, measures and scales, sample, validity, reliability and other problems in measuring, data evaluation, and writing a report on a scientific paper and research. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Course outline
| | | Week 2 | Science ethics | | | Week 3 | Scientific research process
| | | Week 4 | Proposition a research project | | | Week 5 | Determination of research strategy
| | | Week 6 | Hypothesis set-up
| | | Week 7 | Data collecting strategies | | | Week 8 | Data sources | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Measures and scales | | | Week 11 | Sources of Error in measure
| | | Week 12 | Validity and reliability | | | Week 13 | Research universe and sample | | | Week 14 | Preparing a research report
| | | Week 15 | Review
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Altunışık R. Coşkun R. Bayraktaroğlu S., Yıldırım E. 2007; Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri: SPSS Uygulamalı, Sakarya Yayıncılık, 5. Baskı, Sakarya. | | | 2 | Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Bilim Etiği Komitesi, 2002; Bilimsel Araştırmada Etik ve Sorunlar, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Yayınları, TÜBİTAK Matbaası, Ankara. | | | 3 | Türkdoğan, O., 2009, Bilimsel Araştırma Metodolojisi, Timaş Yayıncılık, 6. Baskı, İstanbul. | | | 4 | Ruacan, Ş., 2005, Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yayınlarda Etik İlkeler, Gazi Tıp Dergisi, Cilt:16, Sayı: 4. | | | 5 | Uzbay, T., 2006, Bilimsel Araştırma Etiği, Sağlık Bilimleri Süreli Yayıncılık. | | | |
| 1 | Day, A. R. 2000; Bilimsel Bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır?, Çeviren: Gülay Aşkar Altay, TÜBİTAK Yayınları, 4. Basım, Ankara. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/11/2013 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 12/12/2013 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 13/01/2014 | 3 | 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 | 14 | 56 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 40 | 1 | 40 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 50 | 1 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 194 |
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