TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
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.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	Research designs, data sources and methods, reliability and validity, scaling and report writing rules in health care organisation are introduced.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Basic concepts and definitions 2nd Week Data descriptiron 3rd Week Descriptive statistics 4th Week Table and grafics methods 5th Week Grouped dta analysis 6th Week Probability and probability distributions 7th Week Sampling 8th Week Sampling distributions 9th Week Normal distribution 10th Week Parameter estimation 11th Week Confidence intervals 12th Week Introduction to probability 13th Week Continous probability distributions 14th Week Normal distribution
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 Pres 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 Dupont, William D. Statistical modeling for biomedical researchers [electronic resource] Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2002
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Assignment 1 20 Project 1 40 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 70 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 10 140 Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 2 10 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 15 15 Project 1 25 25 Article 4 6 24 Total Workload 285 Total Workload / 30 9,5 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No