MUF698 - RESEARCH METHODS and PUBLICATION ETHICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH METHODS and PUBLICATION ETHICS | MUF698 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Must | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Accounting and Finance Department Members | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of this course is to provide students knowledge about the basic concepts and techniques about research methods and provide students necessary knowledge and skills for conducting research and writing theses. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This graduate course provides advanced knowledge and skills about research strategies, philosophies, data collection techniques, sampling, quantitative and qualitative analysis. Course aims to provide necassary knowledge and skills for conducting research and theses. | |||||
| References | 1) Saunders, M., Lewis, P., Thornhill, A. (2007). Research Methods for Business Students, Prentice Hall. 2) Büyüköztürk, Ş., Çakmak, E., Akgün, Ö., Karadeniz, Ş., Demirel, F. (2012). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri, Pegem akademi, Ankara. 3) Karasar, N. (2011). Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri. 22.Basım. Nobel Yayıncılık, Ankara. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Research Methods: Basic concepts |
| Week 2 | Research Methods: Basic concepts, causality |
| Week 3 | Determination of research topics and literature review |
| Week 4 | Literature review and selection of research approach |
| Week 5 | Research ethics and plagiarism |
| Week 6 | Midterm exam |
| Week 7 | Sampling |
| Week 8 | Secondary data & observation |
| Week 9 | Interview |
| Week 10 | Questionnaires |
| Week 11 | Midterm exam (Project evaluations) |
| Week 12 | Quantitative data analysis and data entry |
| Week 13 | Quantitative data analysis (group comparisons & descriptive statistics) |
| Week 14 | Quantitative data analysis (Regression, correlation and factor analysis) |
| Week 15 | Qualitative Data Analysis |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 3 | 5 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 25 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 19 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 1 | 46 | 46 |
| Homework assignment | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 28 | 97 | 177 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Conducts novel and ethical research on business, reports outcomes in a critical manner. | X | ||||
| 2. Solves problems via appropriate softwares, adapts to new methods and software. | X | ||||
| 3. Has managerial and leadership skills to identify problems, objectives and strategic plans for organizational progress with a critical point of view. | X | ||||
| 4. Plays an active role in projects, analyses relationship between stakeholders accurately, motivates and manages all stakeholders through effective language skills. | X | ||||
| 5. Has necessary communication skills to manage verbal and written communication. | X | ||||
| 6. Analyses and uses contemporary and advanced knowledge in relation with information from different areas. | X | ||||
| 7. Progresses continuously and transfers the experience in both written and verbal ways. | X | ||||
| 8. Through anticipation and strategic thinking, plays an active role in organizational decision making process. | X | ||||
| 9. Uses knowledge in consistency with the ethical, social and international values in an unbiased manner. | X | ||||
| 10. Has expertise on the multi-disciplinary nature of management and related fields. | X | ||||
| 11. Approaches problems with a wide strategic perspective, self-develops continuously. | X | ||||
| 12. Shares novel studies, is up to date both in knowledge and personal network. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest