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| KAM3010 | Research Methods in Social Sciences | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Arş. Gör. Hülya SAĞLAM YILDIZ | | Co-Lecturer | none | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | the aim of this course is to provide the student a general knowledge on scientific research methods. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the basic concept of social science research | 2,3 | | | LO - 2 : | know the method of social sciences | 2,3 | | | LO - 3 : | drive the scientific research | 2,3 | | | LO - 4 : | interpret the results of scientific research | 2,3 | | | LO - 5 : | write and present the results of scientific research | 2,3 | | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Classification of sciences and social sciences, scientific method, the kinds of social research, the technique of data collection, how to do a scientific research, the research plane, literature citing and typing footnotes, editing tables and figures. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The basic concepts and the process of scientific research | | | Week 2 | The basic thinkers of scientific research process (A. Comte,E. Durkheim, K. Marx) | | | Week 3 | The basic thinkers of scientific research process (M.Weber, H. Spencer, İbn-i Haldun) | | | Week 4 | planning of social research process | | | Week 5 | the concepts of theorical approach and scientific methods
| | | Week 6 | Positivism, Realism, Hermeneutic | | | Week 7 | Postmodernism and scientific research | | | Week 8 | the process of scientific process | | | Week 9 | midterm exam | | | Week 10 | the technique of data collection | | | Week 11 | Observation, interview, survey | | | Week 12 | content anlysis, focus group, ethnography | | | Week 13 | prepare the questions
| | | Week 14 | writing of social research | | | Week 15 | general evaluations | | | Week 16 | final exam | | | |
| 1 | Zeynel Dinler (2014), Bilimsel Araştırma Ve E-Kaynaklar, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa. | | | |
| 1 | Gürbüz, S. Şahin F., (2015), Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri, 2. Baskı, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık. | | | 2 | Punch, Keith F. (2005), Sosyal Araştırmalara Giriş Nicel ve Nitel Yaklaşımlar, Çev. D. Bayrak, H. B. Arslan, Z. Akyüz, Ankara: Siyasal Kitapevi. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 04/2024 | | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 06/2024 | | 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 | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 11 | 2 | 22 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 3 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 180 |
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