Course Details

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits	Last Updated Date
2	DSBE591	SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS & PUBLICATION ETHICS	3+0+0	3	7,5	13.05.2025

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Master's Degree
Department / Program	DATA SCIENCE
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	Introducing science and scientific research Providing knowledge of research philosophy and research design. Providing knowledge of different research methods. Providing knowledge of publication ethics.
Course Content	Course covers subjects related to research ethics in all kinds of scientific/artistic research and studies, all kinds of scientific/artistic activities conducted, scientific/artistic research and development projects supported and/or carried out, and, research ethics related to thesis and scientific publications and scientific research and development projects conducted during graduate education, issues of publication ethics and ethical violations related to any publication published or submitted for publication in audio visual publication channels, topics of plagiarism, forgery, distortion, republishing, slicing and unfair writing.
Course Methods and Techniques	Traditional in class lectures and real life applications and cases will be utilized.
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Associate Prof.Dr. Umut Türk
Name of Lecturers	None
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	TBA -
Course Notes	Course materials will be provided throughout the semester

Course Category

Mathematics and Basic Sciences	%10
Social Sciences	%40
Education	%10
Field	%40

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	2	% 20
Yarıl yılSonu Sınavı/Dönem Projesinin Başarı Notuna Katkısı	1	% 20
Ödev	4	% 10
Sunum/Seminer	1	% 10
Final examination	1	% 40
Total	9	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Grup Sunumu	3	30	90
Rapor	1	20	20
Sözlü Sınav	1	2	2
Yüz Yüze Ders	14	3	42
Derse Devam	14	5	70
Final Sınavı	1	2	2
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 7,5 226

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

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Demonstrate knowledge scientific research and theories.
2	Implement research philosophy and research design.
3	Demonstrate knowledge of research methods: quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods, and developing a research paper.
4	Yayın etiğini uygulayabilmek.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Course introduction and role of research in social sciences	Review syllabus and course goals	Syllabus
2	Research question and problem definition	Define a sample topic from your field	Lecture notes
3	Literature review and reference management	Install Zotero/Mendeley	Guideline document
4	Research paradigms and methodology selection	Compare paradigms in sample studies	Academic paper
5	Quantitative and qualitative data collection methods	Draft a data collection form	Lecture notes
6	Sampling techniques	Summarize main sampling types	Textbook chapter
7	Measurement tools, reliability and validity	Review a sample scale	Reading material
8	Midterm Exam	Review first 7 weeks	-
9	Data analysis: quantitative methods	Run basic analysis in SPSS/Stata	Application file
10	Data analysis: qualitative methods	Study basic coding techniques	Coding example
11	Research ethics and academic integrity	Review ethics application samples	Ethics guideline
12	Publication ethics and plagiarism	Learn about Turnitin/iThenticate	National directive
13	Student research proposal presentations	Prepare and finalize your research proposal	Student presentations
14	General review and final preparation	Full course revision	Course summary

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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