Information Package / Course Catalogue
Scientific Research Methods
Course Code: BÖT621
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

To develop scientific attitude by having the students gain research systematicity and scientific approach: and to have students gain the ağabeylity of using, applying and interpreting in research by informing the students about research methods and techniques

Course Content

* Relationship between Science and Philosophy * Scientific Methods * Research and Research Models. * Processes and stages of research * Research Models * Universe- Sample * Data and Types of Data * Methods of Analayzing Data * Writing reports and APA standards

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Şerife AK
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will be able to get the information about semantics of basic term concepts related to scientific reasearch methods.
2.Students will know the features of scientific information.
3.Students will be eager to apply the stages of scientific method.
4.Students will be able to review the related literature and write report about it
5.Students will know the research models, patterns and features.
6.Students will be able to write problem and the problem statement.
7.Students will be able to distinguish data, data types and their features.
8.Students will be able to explain the universe, universe of the study, sampling, sampling types and the features of the subjects (participants) and the cases they are used.
9.Students will be able to recognize the rules of scientific ethics.
10.Students will be able to write a proposal.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Balcı, Ali. (2001). Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma. Ankara : PegemA Yayıncılık.
2.Barzun, Jacques and Henri F. Graff. (2001). Modern Araştırmacı. Ankara : Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları.
3.Bogdan, R.C. and S.K. Biklen. (1992). Qualitative Research for Education. USA : Allyn and Bacon Bordens,
4.Kenneth S. And Bruce B. Abbott. (2002). Research Design and Methods. USA : McGraw Hill.
5.Büyüköztürk, Şener. (2001). Deneysel Desenler: Öntest-Sontest Kontrol Grubu Desen ve Veri Analizi. Ankara : PegemA Yayıncılık.
6.Büyüköztürk, Şener. (2003). Sosyal Bilimler İçin Veri Analizi El Kitabı. Ankara : PegemA Yayıncılık.
7.Creswell, John W. (2003). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches. USA : Sage Pub. Day,
8.Robert A. (1996). Bilimsel Bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır? Ankara : TÜBİTAK yayınları.
9.Ekiz, Durmuş. (2003). Eğitimde Araştırma Yöntem ve Metodlarına Giriş. Ankara : Anı Yayıncılık.
10.Fraenkel, Jack R. And Norman E. Wallen. (1996). How to Design, and Evaluate Research in Education. USA : Mc Graw Hill, Inc.
11.Gökçe, Birsen. (1999). Toplumsal Bilimlerde Araştırma. Ankara : Savaş yayınevi.
12.Hall, George M. (1998). Bilimsel Makale Yazımı. Çev: Hasan Doğruyol. Ankara : Nobel Yayıncılık.
13.Judd, Charles M., Eliot R. Smith and Louise H. Kidder. (1991). Research Methods in Social Relations. Sixth Edition. USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.
14.Kaptan, Saim. (1995). Bilimsel Araştırma ve İstatistik Metotları. Ankara.
15.Karasar, Niyazi. (1994). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi. Ankara: 3A Araştırma, Eğitim Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti. Kuş, Elif. (2003). Nitel – Nicel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Ankara : Anı Yayıncılık.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Description of the course: Content, necessity, importance, forming the expectations, explaining the criteria of process and evaluation. A general view to science and scientific research methods.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Definition of science, its functions, information and types of it, relationship between science and philosophy
Week 3 - Theoretical
Definition of Scientific Method, its stages, qualities and the basic assumptions it depends. Dialectical mesthod and its relationship with scientific metho.Deduction and induction.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Descriptive studies: Reviewing, etnographic, historic and action studies
Week 5 - Theoretical
Correlational Studies
Week 6 - Theoretical
Causal- Comparative Studies
Week 7 - Theoretical
Process and stages of writing reports in research, and APA standards
Week 8 - Theoretical
Experimental Studies (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Features and the ways to write the research problem, statement of the problem, minor problems (alt problemler) and hypotheses
Week 10 - Theoretical
Features and ways to write assumptions and limitations, purpose and significance of the study
Week 11 - Theoretical
Population and the methods of taking samples from the population: sampli ng methods based on probability
Week 12 - Theoretical
Population and the methods of taking samples from the population: Sampling methods of out of possibility and determining the size of the sample
Week 13 - Theoretical
Data and types of data, types of scales, measurement error and validity, reliability, data gathering instruments
Week 14 - Theoretical
Methods of data analysis and corresponding to research designs
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%30
Assignment5%20
Term Assignment1%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment33627
Term Project110212
Individual Work50315
Midterm Examination1527
Final Examination1527
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)124
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