COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FBE 5557 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLICATION ETHICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Machine Theory and Dynamics (English)
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Computer Engineering Non-Thesis (English)
Statistics (English)
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)
Computer Engineering (English)
Machine Theory and Dynamics (English)
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis) (English)
Biomedical Tehnologies (English)
Industrial Engineering - Thesis (English) (Evening Program)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Mathematics (English)
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)
COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
STATISTICS (ENGLISH)
Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis-Evening) (English)
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - NON THESIS (ENGLISH)
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)
Geotechnicel Engineering (English)

Course Objective

Definition of scientific research, stages, planning strategies, data collection
criteria, the conversion process of the results to a publication or a report and it is
aimed to gain qualifications for the profession and publication ethics in these
processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand the basic concepts, methods and techniques used in
2   To able to apply the stages in scientific research
3   To be able to prepare scientific reports and publications
4   The acquisition of knowledge, evaluation and application competence for scientific research and publication ethics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and Function of Science; Science and Scientific Research Concepts
2 Scientific Research, Scientific Research Types
3 Research Problem, Literature survey, Configuration of the problem and creation of the hypothesis
4 Creating a Research Plan and Research Design
5 Data Collecting Tools, Selecting Data Collection Method and Ethics
6 Definition of Validity and Reliability of Data Collecting Methods, Research Sampling
7 Mid-term exam and/or Homework Assignment Presentation
8 Research Proposal Preparation
9 Ethics, Publication Ethics, Examples,
10 Data Collection and Evaluation
11 Data Collection and Evaluation
12 Writing A Research Report
13 Homework Presentation and General Evaluation
14 Homework Presentation and General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Source books:
- Kumar, R. (2011). Research Methodology: A step-by-step approach, Singapore, SAGE
Publ.
- Judd, C. M., Smith, E. R., & Kidder, L. H. (1991). Research methods in social
relations. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- Johnson, B., & Christensen, L. (2008). Educational research: Quantitative,
qualitative, and mixed approaches. Singapore, SAGE Publ.
- Büyüköztürk, Ş., Kılıç Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö.E., Karadeniz, Ş., Demirel, F. (2016).
Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Ankara, Pegem Akademi.
- Stern, J.E., Elliott D. (1997). The ethics of scientific research: A guidebook for
course development. University Press of New England
Reference book:
- Özdamar, K. (2013). Modern Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Nisan Kitabevi.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation technique, brainstorming, student- participated discussion, homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Project Assignment 1 5 5
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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