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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 3048 STATISTICS PROGRAMS FOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYKUT ÇALIŞKAN

Offered to

Sociology (Evening) Sociology

Course Objective

Understanding the importance of measurement in social sciences, being able to use basic statistical techniques in analyzing data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn to think critically and evaluate evidence rationally 2   Ability to present research results effectively 3   Ability to analyze socio-economic variables 4   Ability to use statistical information in decision-making processes 5   Ability to report analysis results

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Statistics and Data, Measurement, Scaling 2 Research design and measurement 3 Validity and reliability 4 Measurement levels 5 Basic statistical concepts 6 Descriptive Statistics 7 Parametric analysis techniques 8 Midterm 9 Z test 10 t test 11 Hypothesis Testing 12 Confidence Interval 13 Test of differences between two independent groups 14 Test of differences between two matched groups 15 Variance Analysis 16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Sosyal Bilimler için Veri Analizi El Kitabı, Şener Büyüköztürk Supplementary Book(s): Sosyal Bilimler için Istatistik, Şener Büyüköztürk, Ömay Çokluk Bökeoğlu, Nilgün Köklü

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation Question-Answer Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

aykut.caliskan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Midterm 1 5 5 Final 1 10 10 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 5 LO.2 5 5 LO.3 5 5 LO.4 5 5 LO.5