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Syllabus ( ITF 508 )

   Basic information
Course title: Research Methodology
Course code: ITF 508
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Hüseyin İNCE
ECTS credits: 7.5
GTU credits: 0 (3+0+0)
Year, Semester: 1/2, Fall and Spring
Level of course: Second Cycle (Master's)
Type of course: Area Elective
Language of instruction: Turkish
Mode of delivery: Face to face
Pre- and co-requisites: None
Professional practice: No
Purpose of the course: To introduce you to the scientific method and research approaches as they are applied in the business world.
2) To provide opportunities for you to apply research methods to investigate real world management problems.
3) To increase your understanding of research in general and help you better interpret the results of research in the organizations you will work in throughout your life.
   Learning outcomes Up

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze the major assumptions and characteristics of science; inductive and deductive processes in theory building and testing

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Develop and deepen his/her knowledge in fields of international trade, finance and management
    2. Define basic economics, finance and management terminology, theories and concepts
    3. Review, interpret and apply the literature on international trade and finance
    4. COMPETENCIES
    5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
    6. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  2. Identify and describe the role of statistics in scientific reasoning and decision making

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Define basic economics, finance and management terminology, theories and concepts
    2. Discover, classify and analyze economic data
    3. Review, interpret and apply the literature on international trade and finance
    4. COMPETENCIES
    5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
  3. Distinguish between various scales of psychological measurement and their relationships to statistical analyses; systematic and random error; reliability and validity

    Contribution to Program Outcomes

    1. Discover, classify and analyze economic data
    2. Being able to evaluate and use the advanced level knowledge on international trade, finance and management that are required in experts and researchers who are much needed by the public and private sectors
    3. COMPETENCIES

    Method of assessment

    1. Written exam
    2. Homework assignment
   Contents Up
Week 1: Science and Scientific Research
Week 2: Scientific Research Process
Week 3: Research Design and Validity
Week 4: Research Design and Validity(Cont.)
Week 5: Measurement and Scale design
Week 6: Survey Research and Questionnaire Design
Week 7: Sampling Methods
Midterm exam
Week 8: Sampling Errors
Week 9: Reliability
Week 10: Validity
Week 11: Data Analysis
Week 12: SPSS and Data Analysis
Week 13: Hypotheses Testing
Week 14: Hypotheses Testing and research reports
Week 15*: Hypotheses Testing and research reports
Week 16*: Final exam
Textbooks and materials: SEYİDOĞLU, HALİL., Bilimsel Araştırma Ve Yazma El kitabı, İstanbul-2003,

DAY,Robert A. Bilimsel Makale Nasıl Yazılır, Nasıl Yayınlanır? Çev. Gülay Aşkar Altay. Ankara: TÜBİTAK, Bilgi Dizisi,2003
Recommended readings: Donald P. Schwab, Research Methods for Organizational Studies, Second Edition, Lawrance Erlbaum Associates, 2005
  * Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
Assessment Up
Method of assessment Week number Weight (%)
Mid-terms: 7 40
Other in-term studies: 0
Project: 0
Homework: 0
Quiz: 0
Final exam: 16 60
  Total weight:
(%)
   Workload Up
Activity Duration (Hours per week) Total number of weeks Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching): 3 14
Own studies outside class: 3 14
Practice, Recitation: 0 0
Homework: 6 10
Term project: 0 0
Term project presentation: 0 0
Quiz: 0 0
Own study for mid-term exam: 15 1
Mid-term: 1 1
Personal studies for final exam: 20 1
Final exam: 2 1
    Total workload:
    Total ECTS credits:
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  * ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25.
(1 ECTS = 25 work hours)
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