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QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
SOS219	QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS	3	3	3	6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction: Paradigms, theory, method and research	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
2	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Paradigm based comparison of quantitative and qualitative methods	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
3	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Paradigm based comparison of quantitative and qualitative methods	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
4	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Process and stages of quantitative research	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
5	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 1: Determining the research question and limitation of it, its functions and types	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
6	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 2: Structured observation, population and sample	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
7	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 2: Sample types and sampling methods	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 3- Exam paper preparation: principles, question types, scales	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
10	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 4: Pretesting	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
11	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 5: collecting data	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
12	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 6: main statistical concepts for the analysis of data	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
13	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 6: Data analysis and SPSS	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
14	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 6 (Cont.): Data analysis and SPSS	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
15	Source Reading, Analysis of samples selected from quantitative researches in accordance with the themes explained in the course	Step 7: Reporting the research results	Lecture, Question and Answer, Analysis on the published research reports and public opinion researches published in newspapers, Discussion
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-