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COURSE DESCRIPTION

RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLISHING ETHICS/5320065

Course Title:	RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND PUBLISHING ETHICS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	2	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özge Çelik Russell

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/celik

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

celik@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns about the process of thesis writing.
Learns about how to plan a research project.
Learns about how to narrow down and specify research questions.
Learns about the quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Learns about types of plagiarism.
Learns about how appropriate the research question he/she proposes for a focused research project.
Learns about causality and place of values in research process.
Learns about sampling methods.
Learns about reliability and validity.
Learns about quantitative data analysis.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

NAP

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

NAP

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Thesis writing process.
2. Week	Research planning.
3. Week	Research topics, areas, and general and specific research questions.
4. Week	Quantitative and qualitative research methods.
5. Week	Sampling techniques.
6. Week	Plagiarism.
7. Week	Ethics in science.
8. Week	Causality.
9. Week	Experimental research design.
10. Week	Quasi-experimental research design.
11. Week	Survey research design.
12. Week	case study.
13. Week	etnography
14. Week	Interviewing and focus groups.
15. Week	Quantitative data analysis
16. Week	General discussion

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

NAP

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	2	50
Assignment	2	50
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		0

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	15	3	45
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	10	5	50
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation	2	12	24
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	4	6	24
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			185
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.4
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1				X
2			X
3			X
4		X
5		X
6		X
7		X
8					X
9					X
10			X

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