Graduate Education Institute · Internal Medicine Nursing · Master
Course Objective
The course aims to help students develop research skills so that they can carry out undergraduate research projects on their own and can, later on, fully participate in, or be informed customers of, large-scale research projects.
Course Content
The course is built on basic statistics knowledge. Topics covered during the course include correlation, nonparametric tests, multiple regression analysis, factor analysis and ANOVA. Students will learn to prepare and analyze data using IBM SPSS.
Required Resources
- Day A.R. (2004). Bilimsel Makale Nasıl Yazılır, Nasıl Yayımlanır, 9. Baskı, Tübitak Yayınları, Ankara
- Zikmund W.G. (1997). Business Research Methods, Fifth Ed., Dryden Press. Orlando, USA.
Recommended Resources
- Day A.R. (2004). Bilimsel Makale Nasıl Yazılır, Nasıl Yayımlanır, 9. Baskı, Tübitak Yayınları, Ankara
- Zikmund W.G. (1997). Business Research Methods, Fifth Ed., Dryden Press. Orlando, USA.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Have a knowledge about citation, citation and other reference methods.
- Act in accordance with research ethics.
- Design the research process from the research question to the reporting.
- Select appropriate statistical methods in the study
- Describe the steps of the research process.
- Explain science, research, sources of information and scientific method.
- Know basic concepts used in statistics.
- Statistical applications for profession are done professionally.
- Know basic concepts about probability and calculate probability.
- Get to know your important probability distributions.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Midterm | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 40 | 40 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data Sources | |
| 2 | Descriptive Statistics | Chapter 1 |
| 3 | Parametric Tests | Chapter 3 |
| 4 | Non-Parametric Tests | Chapter 3 |
| 5 | Correlation & Regression | Chapter 4 |
| 6 | Multiple Regression | Chapter 4 |
| 7 | Factor Analyses, Cluster Analyses | Chapter 5 & 6 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | Midterm Exam |
| 9 | Conformitory Factor Analyses | Chapter 7 |
| 10 | Qualitative Research I | Chapter 9 & 10 |
| 11 | Qualitative Research II | Chapter 10 |
| 12 | Qualitative Research III | Chapter 11 |
| 13 | Sampling Methods | Chapter 2 |
| 14 | citation, citation and other reference methods I | |
| 15 | citation, citation and other reference methods II | |
| 16 | Final Exam | Final Exam |