Course Details

RESEARCH METHODS 1

POLS201

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Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
3POLS201RESEARCH METHODS 13+0+035

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course This course will help the participant students gain a solid background in the field of quantitative data analysis in the social sciences. At the end of the semester, students will learn to conduct simple statistical analyses, develop statistical models, produce research questions and hypothesize. In this way, students will be able to transform important theories in the social sciences into testable empirical hypotheses. Students will also be able to find scientific answers and researches on the problems they will face in the field of social sciences.
Course Content This course will help the participant students gain a solid background in the field of quantitative data analysis in the social sciences. At the end of the semester, students will learn to conduct simple statistical analyses, develop statistical models, produce research questions and hypothesize. In this way, students will be able to transform important theories in the social sciences into testable empirical hypotheses. Students will also be able to find scientific answers and researches on the problems they will face in the field of social sciences.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. MURAT İNAN murat.inan@agu.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. MURAT İNAN
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources NA
Educational Research, John Cresswell and Timoty Guetterman

Course Category
Social Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı 14 % 20
Quiz/Küçük Sınav 2 % 20
Ödev 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 20
Total
18
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi 1 30 30
Kritik 15 1 15
Tartışma 15 1 15
Sunum için Hazırlık 1 10 10
Soru Çözümü 15 1 15
Okuma 15 2 30
Yüz Yüze Ders 14 2 28
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 143

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Research Methods


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to Research
2 Identifying a research problem
3 Reviewing the literature
4 Specifying research problems and hypotheses
5 Collecting Quantitative Data
6 Analysing and interpretting quantitative data
7 Experimental designs
8 Correlation designs
9 Survey designs
10 Mixed method designs
11 Action Research Designs
12 Steps in the process of research
13 Reading


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12
All 5 5 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 5 2 3
C1 5 5 2 2 2 2 5 2 5 5 2 3

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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