TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	8
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Fikriye Yılmaz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Develop knowledge production, usage and evaluation skills. 2) Gain concepts of scientific research methods. 3) Win the realization of a study, interpretation of results and presentation skills. 4) Win an ability about performing a scientific paper critics. 5) Gain an ability about using SPSS program.
MODE OF DELIVERY	E-Learning
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Basic concepts and definitions, research process 2nd Week Idendification of research topics, purposes, problems and hypotheses 3rd Week Basic concepts of introduction and general information section of research: Literature review methodology and literatüre reading methods. 4th Week Research types 5th Week Sample, sapling methodology and sample size determination in research 6th Week Data gathering methods 7th Week Errors in research 8th Week Descriptive statistics, tables and graphs, SPSS application 9th Week Statistical hypotheses and SPSS application 10th Week Statistical hypotheses and SPSS application 11th Week Reporting, presenting and discussion of statistical findings in research 12th Week Researh report writing and presentation methods 13th Week Evaluation of research articles, scientific journals and writing scientific articles principles. 14th Week Presentaions of studies, projects in class 15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Lu Ann Aday, Designing, conducting health surveys, Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Company,2006, www.joseybass.com Stephen Polgar, Shane A. Thomas, Introduction to Research in the Health Sciences, Churchill Livingstone, 2001. Gordon H. DeFriese, Ricketts, Thomas C. Ricketts, Jane S. Stein, Methodological Advances in health Services Research,AUPHA Pres, Health Administration Press. Bedford A Fubara, Burton S. Mguni, Research Methods in Management, 1995, Minerva Press Ronald Czaja, Johnny Blair, Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures, 1996, Pine Forge Press. Kenneth D. Balley, Methods of Social Research, 1987, Macmillan Publishing. David De Vaus, Surveys in Social Research, 2002. Altman,Douglas G. Practical statistics for medical research Chapman & Hall/CRC London 1999
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 20 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 20 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 80 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 12 168 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 10 10 Total Workload 236 Total Workload / 30 7,86 ECTS Credits of the Course 8
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No