GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
STATISTICAL RESEARCH METHODS/5551306
Course Title: STATISTICAL RESEARCH METHODS
Credits 3 ECTS 8
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
   Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Assoc. Prof. Yeliz YALÇIN
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/yyeliz
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   yyeliz@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learn the scientific some definations, research process and its properties
Introduce to statistical methods at scientific research on business management
Apply and interpret the basic statistical techniques in social sciences
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  What are the basic scientific definations? Theory, assumptions, scientific research etc.
2. Week  Scientific research process, types and its properties
3. Week  Variables, levels of measurement and scales
4. Week  Sampling theory and sampling types
5. Week  What are the data collection methods? What are the data measure methods?
6. Week  Cross-section data analysis, What is questionnaire? How prepare? Case study from survey analysis
7. Week  Data entering to SPSS and getiing Basic statistics, Frequency tables
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Cross tabulation, Chi-Square relation analysis
10. Week   Correlation analysis
11. Week  Hypothesis tests (One sample t tests, independent sample t tests, paired sample t tests)
12. Week  Hypothesis tests (One way - ANOVA)
13. Week   Hypothesis tests (Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis H Tests)
14. Week  Regression analysis
15. Week  Principal Compenent and Factor analysis
16. Week   Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  ÇEVİK O, AKGÜL A., (2005), “İstatistiksel Analiz Teknikleri – SPSS’te İşletme Yönetimi Uygulamaları”, Emek Ofset Ltd. Şti, Ankara. Remzi ALTUNIŞIK, Recai COŞKUN, Serkan BAYRAKTAROĞLU, Engin YILDIRIM, (2004), “Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri, SPSS Uygulama mı?”, Sakarya Kitabevi, Ankara. EYMEN, E., U., (2007) “SPSS 15.0 Veri Analizi”, İstatistik Merkezi, İstanbul. BAŞ, Türker, (2005), “Anket – Nasıl Yapılır, Uygulanır, Değerlendirilir?”, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara. Gazi Üniversitesi Merkez Kütüphanesi Online Veri Tabanları
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
   No
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
50
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
50
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
50
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
14
2
28
 Reading
13
1
13
 Searching in Internet and Library
13
2
26
 Designing and Applying Materials
13
1
13
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
13
3
39
 Presentation
13
3
39
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
5
5
 Final and Studying for Final
1
5
5
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
210
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.4
 ECTS: 
8
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3X
4
5X
6
7
8X
9X
10X