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1st Week |
Introduction: Why do we conduct quantitative research? |
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2nd Week |
Quantitative research design: Developing a quantitative research question and creating a research problem, Conducting a literature review for quantitative research, Determining a theoretical perspective and the purpose, importance, limitations of research in quantitative research |
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3rd Week |
Quantitative research design Data collection in quantitative research: The importance and determination of population and sample in quantitative research, Basic concepts: Population, sample, sample frame, sample size; Sampling techniques that can be used in quantitative research and their justification; Quantitative research and randomness; Quantitative research and ethics: Impartiality, originality, openness, etc. |
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4th Week |
Quantitative research design Data collection in quantitative research: Deciding on the data collection tool in quantitative research; Basic concepts: Data, data collection, measurement, scale, survey, interview, observation, researcher, respondent, interviewer; Data types and scales (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio); Data collection techniques and use in quantitative research |
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5th Week |
Quantitative research design: Data collection in quantitative research: Writing questions and determining the order of questions in quantitative research; Ensuring the reliability and validity of the measurement tool; Deciding by whom and how the data will be collected (by the researcher, the research team and/or the field team,...), (through face- to-face field research, by telephone and/or internet) |
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6th Week |
Quantitative research design: Justification of all the decisions taken in the pre-implementation phase of the research and preparation for implementation |
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7th Week |
Research proposal presentations |
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8th Week |
Midterm exam |
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9th Week |
Implementation of quantitative research: Planning the fieldwork for the implementation of the decisions taken prior to the implementation of the research (scheduling, setting up teams, ...); Piloting (to evaluate the suitability and comprehensibility of the measurement tool and the readiness of the researcher, to make corrections, if any) |
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10th Week |
Implementation of quantitative research (cont) Data collection and ethics; Impartiality of the researcher and/or research team; Anonymization of data; Issues to be considered in asking questions especially sensitive questions |
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11th Week |
Data analysis: Sorting and organizing the data collected during the implementation phase; Transferring the raw data to the computer; Protecting and backing up the raw data; Transferring the raw data to the computer program to be used in data analysis |
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12th Week |
Data analysis Analyzing the data: Reaching the results of the research; Making sense of the research results:Reaching the research findings |
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13th Week |
Data analysis Analyzing the data: Reaching the results of the research; Making sense of the research results: Reaching the research findings |
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14th Week |
Preparing a research report properly: Reporting quantitative research (course paper, graduation project, graduate thesis or dissertation, article, project); Dividing the research report into sections, determining the order and content of the sections; Determine the writing language of the report; Write and deliver the report |
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15th Week |
Preparing a research report & Recap |
