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| KAY5003 | Research Methods in Social Sceinces | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Gülmelek DOĞANAY | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to show how to conduct research in the social sciences. In this context, it will teach how to design qualitative and quantitative research in the social sciences, how to choose a methodological approach, what kind of methods the research will be conducted and how to write a research report. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | define the basic methodological approaches in the social sciences | 4 | | | PO - 2 : | design a study in the field of social sciences | 4 | | | PO - 3 : | apply qualitative and quantitative research techniques | 4 | | | PO - 4 : | analyze and interpret data | 4 | | | PO - 5 : | write and present a research paper | 4 | | | 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 | | |
| The content of the course consists of basic concepts in the social sciences and the development of the research process, theorists who have contributed to the qualitative and quantitative method of the social sciences, theoretical approach and scientific method, scientific research process, data collection techniques, processing and presentation of data in social research, and learning the writing stage. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Research design in social sciences | | | Week 2 | Scientificness, social reality and paradigm | | | Week 3 | Theory, conceptual framework and methodological approaches | | | Week 4 | Methodological approaches | | | Week 5 | Literature Review | | | Week 6 | Research question and hypotheses | | | Week 7 | Research question and hypotheses | | | Week 8 | Mid-term paper presentation | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Quantitative methods | | | Week 11 | Analysis of Quantitative | | | Week 12 | Qualitative Methods | | | Week 13 | Analysis of Qualitative | | | Week 14 | Writing a research paper | | | Week 15 | Mid-term assignmen presentation | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Keith F. Punch (2005), Sosyal Araştırmalara Giriş Nicel ve Nitel Yaklaşımlar, Çev. D. Bayrak vd., Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi. | | | |
| 1 | Bruce L. Berg ve Howard Lune (2019), Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Çev. A. Arı, 4. Baskı, Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi. | | | 2 | John W. Creswell (2014), Research Desing: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Fourth Edition, Washington DC: SAGE | | | 3 | Pertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, and Julia Brannen (2008), The Sage Handbook of Social Research Methods, London: SAGE Publications. | | | 4 | W. Lawrence Neuman (2007), Basic of Social Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Second Edition, Boston: Pearson. | | | 5 | Belkıs Kümbetoğlu (2005), Sosyolojide ve Antropolojide Niteliksel Yöntem ve Araştırma, İstanbul: Bağlam. | | | 6 | Belkıs Kümbetoğlu (2021),Niteliksel Araştırmalarda Analiz, İstanbul: Bağlam. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 8 | 04/2024 | 1 | 20 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 05/2024 | 1 | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/2024 | 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 | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | | Ödev | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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