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| MBG2024 | Scientific Research Methods | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MOLECULAR BIOLOGY and GENETICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Uğur UZUNER | | Co-Lecturer | No | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to enable students to acquire basic theoretical knowledge about research methods and techniques and to transfer these information to practice. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Learn what a hypothesis is and how to develop it | 1,2,6,12 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Can mature the hypothesis and project the problem | 1,2,6,12 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | They learn to make a research plan | 1,2,6,12 | 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 | | |
| Definition of Scientific Research, Qualitative and Quantitative Research types, Operational Stages of Scientific Research, Hypothesis development, Sample and Universe, Knowledge of basic concepts about Research Techniques, Goal and target development methods suitable for the specific research topics, Use of literature searching tools related to the problem, Sampling methods. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Definition of research, types of research | | | Week 2 | How Scientific Research is performed? Researching process | | | Week 3 | Knowledge of basic concepts related to Research Techniques | | | Week 4 | Developing goals, methods, assumptions suitable for the research topic, Scanning models | | | Week 5 | Creating a Sampling group, Universe group or Study Group | | | Week 6 | Knowledge of sampling methods | | | Week 7 | Knowledge of data collection methods | | | Week 8 | Techniques for interpreting the findings obtained in the research | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Utilization of library resources for literature searching | | | Week 11 | Common Processes in Data Collection | | | Week 12 | Research and documentation in report preparation | | | Week 13 | Comment Definition and attributes. Comment Definition and attributes. Ability to develop suggestions based on the research result | | | Week 14 | The Formal Structure of the Research Report and the Sections to Be Found in the Report. Footnote Referencing. | | | Week 15 | Effective Oral Presentation Techniques | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Niyazi KARASAR, 2019. Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri Kavramlar, İlkeler, Teknikler. Nobel Yayınları, 34. Baskı. | | | |
| 1 | YazarlarRemzi Kıncal, Çavuş Şahin, Erdoğan Köse, Rüştü Yeşil, Salih Zeki Genç, Arif Özerbaş, Hasan Hüseyin Özkan, Hüseyin Hüsnü Bahar, Ramazan Özbek. (2022). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık ISBN978-605-133-512-4 E-ISBN978-625-406-612-2 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18.11.2021 | 90 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 14.05.2022 | 90 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 14.06.2022 | 90 | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Ödev | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Proje | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 2 | 4 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 104 |
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