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Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
FENETKZRT2021	Scientific Research Methods with Research and Publication Ethics		1	1	4,00

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Third Cycle

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Language of Instruction

Turkish

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Objectives of the Course

The fact that at the beginning of professional scientific life of the students in the graduate and postgraduate phase, and the need for more advanced and faster to make good use of the time to research, and to reveal that why is important to comply with code of ethics while doing scientific research, and what is its necessity.

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Name of Lecturer(s)

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Learning Outcomes

1	1- To achieve understanding of scientific research techniques,
2	2- To achieve understanding of scientific research principles,
3	3- Comprehending of how to combine knowledge and how to conduct background research,
4	4- Comprehending of what is the best way to chose a method for your research.
5	5- Colleague concept,
6	6- Comprehending of how to prepare a research proposal and how is writing a scientific paper,
7	7- Comprehending of what is the code of ethics while preparing a scientific research and what is the importance of complying with code of ethics,
8	8- Comprehending association with each other of all subjects in astronomy from small to large scales or vice versa,
9	9- The written and oral submission of knowledge gained by listening and applying.

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Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

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Prerequisities and Co-Requisities

None

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Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

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Content of the Course

1 How to Define Your Project? 1.1 Thinking about your project 1.2 Summarizing your research 2 How to Decide Upon a Methodology? 2.1 Recognising qualitative and quantitative research 2.2 Understanding the methodological debate 3 How to Choose Your Research Methods? 3.1 Choosing your methods 3.2 Understanding sampling techniques, 3.3 Analysing qualitative data and measuring data 4 How to Conduct Background Research? 5 How to Prepare a Research Proposal? 5.1 The contents of a proposal 5.2 What makes a good proposal? 5.3 Reasons why research proposals fail. 6 How to Report Your Findings 6.1 Writing reports 6.2 Writing journal articles 6.3 Producing oral presentations 7 How to be an Ethical Researcher? 7.1 The Framework of Ethics and a Phenomenological Theory of Ethics 7.2 Morals and Values in Education of Scientists 7.3 Evaluating Scientists 7.4 Scientific Societies 7.5 Intellectual Property and Conflicts of Interest 7.6 Academic Freedom 7.7 Enforcement of Codes of Ethics 7.8 Plagiarism

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Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subjects (Theoretical)	Teaching Methods	Preparatory
1	1) How to Define Your Project? 2) Summarizing your research 3) How to Decide Upon a Methodology? 4) Analyzing qualitative data and measuring data 5) Discussing on the methodology 6) How to Choose Your Research Methods? 7) Understanding sampling techniques 8) Quality of data and its analysis 9) How to Prepare a Research Proposal? 10) How to Report Your Findings 11) What makes a good proposal? 12) How to be an Ethical Researcher? 13) The Framework of Ethics and a Phenomenological Theory of Ethics 14) Evaluating Scientists 15) Intellectual Property and Conflicts of Interest 16) Codes of Ethics and Plagiarism.

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Text Book / Material / Recommended Resources

Prof. Dr. Günay TAŞ, "Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemleri ve Bilimde Etik Ders Notları" Additional readings: 1- James G. Speight and Russell Foote, 2011, “Ethics in Science and Engineering”, Scrivener Publishing LLC., ISBN 978-0-470-62602-3 2- John D’Angelo, 2012, “Ethics in Science, Ethical Misconduct in Scientific Research”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 3- David B.Resnik, 2005, “The Ethıcs Of Science”, the Taylor & Francis Library, 2005. ISBN 0-203-97906-0 4- Margaret Cargill and Patrick O’Connor, 2009, “Writing Scientific Research Articles”, Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-8619-3 5- Catherine Dawson, 2002, “A Practical Guide to Research Methods”, How To Books Ltd, UK 6- Lisa Towne, Lauress L. Wise, and Tina M. Winters, 2005, “Advancing Scientific Research In Education”, The National Academies Press 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001. ISBN 0-309-54598-6 7-Carl Wagner, (Çeviren Zeki Tez), 1984, ‘Doğabilimsel ve Teknik Araştırma Yöntemleri’, Değişim Yayınları, İstanbul/TÜRKİYE 8-Robert A. Day (Çeviren Gülay Aşkar Altay),2000, ‘Bilimsel bir Makale Nasıl Yazılır ve Yayımlanır’, 6. Baskı TÜBİTAK Yayınları, ISBN: 975-403-175-4 9-Cemal Yıldırım, 1997, ‘Bilimsel Düşünme Yöntemi’, Bilgi Yayınları, Yenişehir, ANKARA

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	50
Homework	1	50
Total		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
Total		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50

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Work Pacement(s)

None

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Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	3	3
Final Examination	1	3	3
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Discussion	2	5	10
Team/Group Work	2	5	10
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	1	15	15
Individual Study for Final Examination	1	15	15
Reading	5	15	75
Homework	2	10	20
Total Work Load (hours)			193

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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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