TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	Second Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	9
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Elvin Doğutepe
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the fundamental topics in multivariate statistics. 2) Select appropriate analyses for the research questions that they confronted with. 3) Use statistical packages to make multivariate statistics. 4) Be able to write statistical reports of multivariate analyses. 5) Design research questions suitable to multivariate analyses.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The goal of this course is to teach the fundamental topics in multivariate statistics, select appropriate analyses for the research questions that the students confronted with, learn using statistical packages to make multivariate statistics, be able to write statistical reports of multivariate analyses and finally design research questions suitable to multivariate analyses. Possible topics to be covered include data screening, multiple regression, multivariate statistics, principal component analysis and structural equation modeling.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to Multivariate Statistics 2nd Week Data Screening 3rd Week Multiple Regression 4th Week Multiple Regression (cont.) 5th Week Canonical Correlation 6th Week Multiway Frequency Analysis 7th Week Analysis of Covariance 8th Week Multivariate Analysis of Variance 9th Week Multivariate Analysis of Variance (cont.) 10th Week Principal Component Analysis 11th Week Principal Component Analysis (cont.) 12th Week Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling 13th Week Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (cont.) 14th Week General Evaluation
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2011). Multivariate statistics. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. * The primary textbook for this course is renewed every year.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Practice,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 11 154 Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 3 3 Homework Total Workload 262 Total Workload / 30 8,73 ECTS Credits of the Course 9
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No