COURSE SYLLABUS

RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK

1	Course Title:	RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK
2	Course Code:	CPI5116
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	N/A
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. SERPIL AYTAÇ
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof. Dr. Serpil Aytaç
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	saytac@uludag.edu.tr, 0224 4428606, Uludağ Üniversitesi İİBF- Görükle-BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The purpose of this course, students will gain knowledge and skills for research at work and analyze, reporting, research.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	What is the importance of research at workplace?;
2	To acquire the ability to analyze and evaluate of research in the field of Work psychology;;
3	To ensure the systematic thinking, solving problems and applications of analytical methods in the field of Work psychology;
4	To learn data collection, data analysis and evaluation techniques. ;
5	To prepare a research report;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Science, Science and Research, Community and Social Research / Social Research Process and Methods; Problems
2	Nature of Causality, Induction / Deduction Methods
3	Types of Research study psychology.
4	Selection of Scientific Research and the Problem
5	Indexes, Scales, Typologies
6	the logic of sample
7	Research Design: Introduction to SPSS
8	SPSS data entry
9	Basic tables
10	reliability analysis
11	The use of multivariate statistical analysis and study in the work psychology
12	SPSS homework Solution
13	Research Ethics
14	Reporting

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research. 9th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 2001. (ISBN 0534574742) 2. Nuran Bayram,(2010) Sosyal bilimlerde SPSS ile veri analizi,Ezgi Kitabevi. 3. Engin Yıldırım ve diğerleri, Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri: SPSS Uygulamalı. Adapazarı: Sakarya Kitabevi, 2001. (ISBN 9758644009) 4. Niyazi Karasar, Bilimsel Araştırma Yöntemi: Kavramlar, İlkeler, Teknikler. 7. bs. Ankara: 3A Araştırma Eğitim, Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti., 1995. 5. Saim Kaptan, Bilimsel Araştırma ve İstatistik Teknikleri. 10. bs. Ankara: Tekışık, 1995. 6. Halil Seyidoğlu, Bilimsel Araştırma ve Yazma El Kitabı.. 8. bs. (Güzem Yayınları, No. 15) İstanbul: Güzem, 2000. 7. Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 5th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1987. 8. Niyazi Karasar, Araştırmalarda Rapor Hazırlama. 8. bs. 3A Araştırma Eğitim, Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti., 1995. 9. Rauf Arıkan, Araştırma Teknikleri ve Rapor Yazma . 3. bs. Ankara: Gazi Kitabevi, 2000. 10. R.K. Schutt, Investigating the Social World. 2d ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1999. 11. Ali Yıldırım ve Hasan Şimşek, Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri. 2. bs. Ankara: Seçkin, 2000. 12. Nilgün Köklü ve Şener Büyüköztürk, Sosyal Bilimler İçin İstatistiğe Giriş. Ankara: Pegem A Yayıncılık, 2000. 13. Arthur W. Hafner, Descriptive Statistical Techniques for Librarians. 2d ed. Chicago: ALA, 1998. 14. William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style. 3d ed. New York: MacMillan, 1979. 15. Wayne Booth, Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1995. 16. Charles H. Busha and Stephen P. Harter, Research Methods in Librarianship: Techniques and Interpretation. New York: Academic Press, 1980. 17. John Martyn and F. Wilfrid Lancaster, Investigative Methods in Library and Information Science: An Introduction. Arlington, VA: Information Resources Press, 1981. 18. A. Aziz, Araştırma Yöntemleri-Teknikleri ve İletitim. Gnşl. 2. bs. Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi, 1994
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	30
Final Exam	1	70
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		30
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		70
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	1	25	25
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	1	25	25
Final Exams	1	30	30
Total WorkLoad			150
Total workload/ 30 hr			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ6	PQ10
LO1	5	5	0	3	0	0
LO2	5	4	0	4	0	0
LO3	4	4	0	3	0	4
LO4	4	5	0	4	3	0
LO5	5	5	0	0	4	4
LO6	4	3	4	0	4	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High