ECTS - Resarch Application
Resarch Application (HIR506) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Resarch Application | HIR506 | General Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| N/A |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Social Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice, Observation Case Study, Problem Solving. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This one will focus on the application, statistics, analysis, findings and conclusions. This This course is designed to provide you with an understanding of preparing and application of a study design and writing research report in the social sciences. The emphasis is on the preparing a research design, collecting data, data coding, data entry and analysis by using SPSS, and writng findings and conclusions. We will prepare and apply a research design, then we code and enter the data. In data analysis, we will use our actual data and learn single, two and multiple variable analyses, single sample group, two group and multiple group analyses, and factor analysis. By the end of the course, we will be able to construct a complete study report. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Preparing a research design, collecting data, data coding, data entry and analysis by using SPSS, and writing findings and conclusions. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation | |
| 2 | Setting aims of the survey research design we will prepare and use Setting the scope of our research; population and sampling Assignment | |
| 3 | Preparing questionnaire: | |
| 4 | Revising the questionnaire • Actual Sampling • Deciding on how to collect data • Deciding on work load for each person Assignment: Going to the field to collect data | |
| 5 | Revising the questionnaire • Actual Sampling • Deciding on how to collect data • Deciding on work load for each person Assignment: Going to the field to collect data | |
| 6 | Coding variables by using SPSS • Nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio measurements and how to code them • Actual coding and data entry Assignment data entry should be completed this week | |
| 7 | Discussion: assignment presentations • Combining the data entries • How to do data analyses? • What to include in the analyses? • Actual: single variable analysis for our research question • Actual: Presentation of analysis as findings (using tables etc) Assignment: Analyze and present findings | |
| 8 | Discussion: assignment presentations • Two variable analysis for various types of measurements • Actual: Two variable analysis for our hypotheses • Actual: Presentation of analysis as findings (using tables etc.) Assignment: Analyze and present findings | |
| 9 | Discussion: assignment presentations • Group comparison • Single sample: comparison with a standard • Actual: Single group comparison for our hypotheses • Actual: Presentation of analysis as findings | |
| 10 | Discussion: assignment presentations • Two group comparison • Actual: Two group comparison for our hypotheses • Actual: Presentation of analysis as findings | |
| 11 | Discussion: assignment presentations • More than two group comparison • Actual: More than two group comparison for our hypotheses • Actual: Presentation of analysis as findings | |
| 12 | Discussion: assignment presentations • Multivariate analysis • Exercise using data you will bring to the class • Presentation of analysis as findings | |
| 13 | Discussion: assignment presentations • Factor analysis • Exercise using data you will bring to the class • Presentation of analysis as findings | |
| 14 | Writing findings • Discussion: assignment presentations • Actual: presentation of findings of our research Assignment: Analyze and present findings | |
| 15 | Writing Conclusions • Discussion: assignment presentations • Actual: presentation of conclusions of our research | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
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Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 40 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 30 |
| Toplam | 3 | 90 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 100 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 0 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | He/she will be competent in evaluating basic concepts and the conceptual interrelations as well as their reflections on theoretical and practical levels. | |||||
| 2 | He/she will have the knowledge of the basic methodological approaches, methods and research technics and their implementations. | |||||
| 3 | Evaluating the contribution of public relation and advertising theories and applications to the existing/potential occasions and problems in the national and international area. | |||||
| 4 | Being aware of the ethics of public relations occupation and having the consciousness of occupational responsibility. | |||||
| 5 | Being able to plan and apply strategic communication processes in the fields of public communications, public opinion building, agenda determination, setting, orientation and managing. | |||||
| 6 | Creating the sustainable development and quality insight oriented to concepts such as; corporate communication, corporate identity, corporate culture, corporate citizenship, corporate loyalty, reputation, value, social responsibility, image management, relationship management, perception management, emotional intelligence, human resource, etc. | |||||
| 7 | To have a through knowledge of the communication methodology directed to private sector, public sector and civil society | |||||
| 8 | Having theoretical knowledge on information communication technologies, understanding its reflections in the society and using this knowledge both in theoretical and application. | |||||
| 9 | Come to conclusions by connecting and analyzing data on social sciences and using these conclusions in the field of public relations | |||||
| 10 | Reaching current information about the discipline by researching the national and international literature in the field of public relations and publicity. | |||||
| 11 | Reaching scientific results by defining the right method/techniques directed to the purpose of the research. | |||||
| 12 | Come to conclusions by connecting and analyzing data on social sciences and using these conclusions in the field of public relations. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | |||
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | |||
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | |||
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | |||
| Total Workload | 0 | ||