SHO627 - QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH SHO627 2nd Semester 3 0 3 6
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeMust 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Observation
Field Trip
Team/Group Work
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Problem Solving
Brain Storming
 
Instructor (s)Department instructors 
Course objectiveTo make students competent about quantitative and qualitative research and can practice this knowledge 
Learning outcomes
  1. To have knowledge about quantitative and qualitative research To have competence about quantitative and qualitative research and can practice this To evaluate newspaper accounts about the subject To find professional solution ways about the subject To have self-confidence to work about this subject To discuss approximately 15 min. about the subject To practice these knowledge
Course ContentBasic concepts about quantitative and qualitative research
Basic information about quantitative and qualitative research
Research ethic
How to carry out research? Methodology. Theoretical framework. Prapering survey. Commenting findings
How to write research report?
Importance and worth of quantitative and qualitative research for social workers 
ReferencesARIKAN, Rauf. 2007 (6. Baskı), Araştırma Teknikleri ve Rapor Hazırlama, Ankara: Asil
DAY, Robert A. 2005 (10. Basım), Bilimsel makale nasıl yazılır, nasıl yayımlanır? ANKARA: TÜBİTAK
ERDOĞAN, İrfan. 2007 (Geliştirilmiş 2. Baskı), Pozitivist Metodoloji, Ankara: Erk.
GERAY, Haluk. 2006 (GeliÅŸtirilmiÅŸ 2. Baskı), Toplumsal AraÅŸtırmalarda Nicel ve Nitel Yöntemlere GiriÅŸ, Ankara: Siyasal 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Brief introduction to the course and orientation of the students
Week 2Conceptual analyses and descriptions
Week 3Historical development of philosophy of science
Week 4Metodologies of quantitative research
Week 5Midterm
Week 6Problem formulation in quantitative research
Week 7Preparing data collection tools
Week 8Measuring, evaluate of scales and building up scales
Week 9Sampling methods
Week 10Sampling methods
Week 11Data analysing
Week 12Praparing research report
Week 13Ethic subjects in research process
Week 14Presentations
Week 15Presentations
Week 16final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance125
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments125
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14456
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11010
Project000
Homework assignment12626
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 14646
Total Workload3189180

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Knowledge of social work theories  X  
2. Knowledge of social work application fields X   
3. Knowledge of social policy and social services policy X   
4. Knowledge of administration and management processes in social work fields X   
5. Knowledge of social work research and techniques    X
6. Knowledge of social services legislation and professional ethics, principles and values  X  
7. Knowledge of social work application with different client groupsX    
8. Ability to grasp the mechanism of oppression and exclusion and strategies of changeX    
9. Ability to utilize the knowledge of advanced general social work in the intervention of different client groups X    
10. Ability to evaluate research material on the subject, apply the research results, carry out qualitative and quantitative data and implement data analysis    X
11. Ability to evaluate social work intervention plans empirically     X
12. bility to use different techniques of communication with the different population groups, colleagues and other members of the society  X   
13. Ability to work in institutional structures and social welfare systems and determine the necessary institutional change under supervisionX    
14. Ability to carry out application accepting differences as a positive factor in parallel with social work professional and academic ethics and valuesX    
15. Ability to think critically, reach synthesis, apply theory, application knowledge and skills in a professional sense  X  

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest