COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESEARCH METHODS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CEK 2011 RESEARCH METHODS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BARIŞ SEÇER

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations (Evening)

Course Objective

To provide the ability to develop approaches to social issues in the frame of human rights and democratic values at both individual and society levels, awareness to social issues, cooperation, solidarity, teamwork and the ability to develop and manage a project.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the basic concepts related to scientific research method
2   To explain the importance of scientific research
3   To review literature
4   To explain the basics concepts of statistics
5   To have information about basic research methods
6   To use scientific writing methods
7   To read and understand scientific documents

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Research Methods The Importance of Scientific Research
2 Access to Scientific Knowledge
3 Reading and Understanding Scientific Documents
4 Scientific Research Methods Research Patterns and Methods
5 Data Collection Methods
6 Sampling Theory Validity and Reliability
7 Basic Statistical Analyses
8 Midterm exam
9 Midterm exam
10 Managing Data and Data Organizing Menus at SPSS
11 Statistical Data Analysis in Management Science and SPSS Applications: Descriptive Statistics
12 Statistical Data Analysis in Management Science and SPSS Applications: Inferential Statistics
13 Scientific Ethic
14 Writing Research Report

Recomended or Required Reading

Recai Coşkun, Engin Yıldırım, Remzi Altunışık, Serkan Bayraktaroğlu. (2015) Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri SPSS Uygulamalı, Sakarya Yayınevi.

Büyüköztürk Ş. (2007) Sosyal Bilimler için Veri Analizi El Kitabı, Pegem Akademi Yayınevi, Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.20 + MTE * 0.80
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Participation
Presentation
Exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

barissecer@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71